Hello Henri,
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Henri J. Schlereth wrote:
> > Hi there.
> > Since a month ago our ISP started to use network 10.x.x.x to set up his
> > side of P-t-P:
> > > ippp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> > > inet addr:212.216.141.209 P-t-P:10.31.92.42 Mask:255.255.255.255
> > > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > Of course, the other end (our end) of p-t-p has a valid internet ip. The
> > questions are:
> > 1) I know that some RFC's says that a network 10.x.x.x cannot be used on
> > internet. Does our isp pratice violates those RFCs?
> Do a whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] to find the exact owner of the
> IP. This practice doesnt violate RFC's if the are doing address translation,
> NAT or masquerading. I would be pissed if I were being charge for the
> IP address.
What ? You'll find that the IANA has it reserved for 'private'
networks . Anyone using this in a public network should get
their head examined . Please see RFC1918 concerning the above
network numbers . The use of this range in public p2p linkages
will cause some interesting problems later . Like trying to
do traces from the router itself , to something in the real world .
Hth, JimL
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