> > RFC 1597 - Address Allocation for Private Internets
> > The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the
> > following three blocks of the IP address space for private networks:
> > 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
> > 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
> > 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
>
> This implies a mandatory change to all routers on the Internet. The
> `anti-RFC1597' proposal points out that this is the kind of change which
> the IANA cannot make unilaterally, so there is strong doubt about the
> validity of RFC 1597. Ask Eliot Lear <lear @
corp .
sgi .
com> about it.
It is not anysuch thing. All it means is that if YOU elect to use one
of those networks, it is YOUR responsibility to make sure that you do
not announce that network to the Internet. It imposes no requirements
on anyone else.
The IANA can ensure that the NSFNET will never accept those routes
through the PRDB mechanism.
> While this is all very interesting to those of us who suddenly may have
> to fiddle with their routers to filter out these address ranges, it
> probably doesn't belong in firewalls. Does anyone have an idea where
> this discussion should go?
Yes. Become involved with the IETF, and join the CIDR Deployment (was BGPD)
Working Group. Take the opportunitieis to submit comments upon Internet
Drafts before they become RFCs, not afterward.
--
John Hawkinson
jhawk @
panix .
com
References:
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RFC 1597
From: andras @
is .
co .
za (Andras Salamon)
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