On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Suraj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Girish Venkatachalam <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > We should learn 3 special network blocks , 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12
> > and 192.168.0.0/16 which
> >  are not globally unique.
> >
>
> This is not technically mandatory anymore. CIDR replaced the class-based
> network addressing scheme a long time ago.
>
>
AFAIK, CIDR only dispenses with the need to have rigid network address
space and make it network admin definable for his/her convenience. The pvt
network blocks still exist and packets meant for it are not allowed to
enter the internet.

Or am I wrong?

thanks,
mano
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