Question on 7.0.0.0/8

Sun Apr 15 21:58:39 UTC 2007

> We checked with IANA, ARIN, and the US DoD regarding 7.0.0.0/8.  We  
> were told that this netblock should not see the light of day,

10/8 used to be a DoD address block, but it was also used exclusively in
their blacker networks and similar non-connected infrastructure. The
result is that 10/8 was opened up for others to use as well. Could we do
similar with 7/8?

--Michael Dillon