Re: Last Call: <draft-weil-shared-transition-space-request-14.txt> (IANA Reserved IPv4 Prefix for Shared Address Space) to BCP

[Victor Kuarsingh <[e-mail]>]

On 12-02-14 3:49 PM, "Randy Bush" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>> In that I completely agree with what Randy is saying, the point
>> that needs to be made is that this should not be officially
>> sanctioned as RFC-1918 space --  no manufacturer or programmer
>> should treat this netblock the same.
>> 
>> If some fly-by-night company chooses to use it on their own,
>> well, then they have chosen to operate outside the bounds of
>> the best-principles - exactly the same as in Randy's example.
>
>and the packets will be very ashamed, right?
>
>we can say all the crap we want, but it will be used as 1918 space and,
>like 1918 space, bgp announcesments of it will leak.  get over it.

Sure, but with a well known address range, it's not just what one AS
leaks.. The other AS(s) can also block incoming.  That's one of the
benefits of a well known space for this.

For squat, good luck figuring out who is using what from where.

Victor K

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