On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Ryan Russell wrote:
> > Also the "test network", 192.0.2.x, and the "link local" range 169.254.x.y.
> > It should not be possible to route packets back to these addresses, and so
> >it would be prudent not to accept anything claiming to originate from them.
> I'm not familiar with those two ranges being special (though I certainly
> recognize the 169.254 range from Windows machines that can't
> pull a DHCP address.) Where can I find the relevent documentation?
http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/98dec/I-D/draft-ietf-dhc-ipv4-autoconfig-01.txt
covers the 169.254 stuff
RFC1062 mentions 192.0.2.0/24 as allocated to "TEST" and you will notice
many examples in the RFCs use those addresses.
Cliff
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