IP address blocks for out-of-band inter-provider links

Mon Aug 6 10:03:48 UTC 2001

 Well, it sure looks like a "virtual" exchange to me.

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> On Sun, 05 Aug 2001 22:44:22 PDT, Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com>  said:
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> > Because this isn't supposed to be connected to the Internet, its not
> > necessary to use IANA/ARIN/RIPE/APNIC assigned IP address blocks. Several
> > providers use private addresses on their out-of-band management networks.
> > I would prefer to use globally unique IP addresses between providers to
> > avoid conflicts with the RFC1918 private addresses already in use in
> > provider's networks, and if the addresses accidently leak.
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> But of course, all the people involved have their border routers configured
> to do proper egress filtering of 1918 addresses, so they won't leak very far ;)
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> Having said that, you can probably make the case that you're building a
> "virtual" exchange point, and ask for some address space for that?
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> 				Valdis Kletnieks
> 				Operating Systems Analyst
> 				Virginia Tech
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