[H-GEN] interesting routing

Robert Brockway robert at blake.humbug.org.au
Wed Apr 21 22:57:46 EDT 1999


(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Robert Brockway <robert at blake.humbug.org.au>)

On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, David Wood wrote:

> > Not sure where else to go from here.  I think allowing 10.0.0.100 to be
> > visible is a bad idea.
> 
> The reason this is horrible is that if anyone else allows a 10.0.0.0
> network on the Internet, there will be DNS and potentially IP collisions.
> 
> Private ranges _must_ stay private to avoid this.

Exactly.  He's fine as long as he is the only one who uses it :)  But
anyone else running it even as a private IP address will have problems
(like Hilton).
Cheers,
	-Robert

--Robert Brockway B.Sc.  Email: robert at blake.humbug.org.au
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