[H-GEN] RFC-1918 : Class C Networks.

Jim Clark jim at logique.com.au
Tue Sep 6 19:49:33 EDT 2005


As I understand, the IP address ranges 192.168.x.0 .. 192.168.x.255
for x = 0..255 are reserved for private address ranges.

Does anyone know why a private address should show up on a DNS query?

specifically:

     >dig @218.214.227.3 mot.com

    ; <<>> DiG 9.2.3rc2 <<>> @218.214.227.3 mot.com
    ;; global options:  printcmd
    ;; Got answer:
    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 17032
    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;mot.com.                       IN      A

    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
    mot.com.                3228    IN      A       192.168.0.111
    mot.com.                3228    IN      A       192.168.0.112
    mot.com.                3228    IN      A       192.168.0.110

    ;; Query time: 14 msec
    ;; SERVER: 218.214.227.3#53(218.214.227.3)
    ;; WHEN: Wed Sep  7 09:47:36 2005
    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 73






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