Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space

Mon Feb 2 17:16:04 UTC 2009

Some nitwits just grab one out of fat air.

I've seen 192.169.xx and 192.254.xx randomly used before.

On Feb 2, 2009 12:03pm, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> > What reason could you possibly have to use non RFC 1918 space on a
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> > closed network? It's very bad practice - unfortunately I do see it done
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> There are sometimes good reasons to do this, for instance to ensure
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> uniqueness in the face of mergers and acquisitions.
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> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
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