2008.02.20 NANOG 42 IPv4 PTR queries for unallocated space

Thu Feb 21 10:30:16 UTC 2008

On 21 Feb 2008, at 09:51, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:

> For instance, I do a training course where people need to configure  
> routers, and I use addresses out of 96.0.0.0/8 for that, because it  
> has to be clear that we're talking about real addresses and not RFC  
> 1918 stuff.

Do you think you could consider some of the rfc3330 ranges like TEST- 
NET - 192.0.2.0/24 - or if you need more than one network,  
191.255.0.0/16 ?

> Would it be useful for IANA to publish the order in which they're  
> going to allocate /8s? That way, it's easier for people to plan  
> getting out of the way of real deployment in time.

Well it's a pretty safe bet that most of today's unused /8s will be  
allocated within the next couple of years !

Best wishes,
Andy