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Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 08 August 2007 07:14 UTC

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On 2007-08-07 16:15, Internet-Drafts@ietf.org wrote:
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts 
> directories.
> 
> 
> 	Title		: Redesignation of 240/4 from 'Future Use" to "Limited Use for Large Private Internets'
> 	Author(s)	: P. Wilson, et al.
> 	Filename	: draft-wilson-class-e-00.txt
> 	Pages		: 4
> 	Date		: 2007-8-7
> 	
>    This document directs the IANA to designate the block of IPv4
>    addresses from 240.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 (240.0.0.0/4) as unicast
>    address space for limited use in large private Internets.

It seems to me that we first need a discussion about why this space can't
be released as public address space. Is it known to be already deployed
as de facto private space?

I'd be a bit nervous about unintended side effects if
DHCP assigned me 255.255.255.255/32.

     Brian

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