Using private APNIC range in US

Thu Mar 18 16:04:56 UTC 2010

> I have a client here in the US, that I just discovered is using a host
> of private IPs that (as I understand) belong to APNIC (i.e.
> 1.7.154.70, 1.7.154.00-99, etc.) for their web servers.

Those aren't "private" IPs .. (in the RFC1918 sense) .. those are public
IPs. They just weren't assigned until recently.

> accessible it must be working for them.  I'm just wondering if there
> is any recommendation or practice around this -- using private IP
> ranges from another country.  Thanks.
>
>   

Since they're already using NAT, it shouldn't be hard to renumber them
into the appropriate RFC1918 space.

Cheers,

Michael Holstein
Cleveland State University