Rogers Canada using 7.0.0.0/8 for internal address space

Cameron Byrne cb.list6 at gmail.com
Tue May 24 04:14:02 UTC 2011


On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick at ianai.net> wrote:
> On May 24, 2011, at 12:02 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
>> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't think they have to hijack space from DoD. I think there are a
>>> number of other options available to them. They might cost more, but,
>>> they also come with somewhat lower risks
>>
>> the good thing is 7 exists on networks that will never see the light
>> of day... so it's just like 10! only lower and cooler! (and lucky, if
>> you believe the movies and all)
>
> It's not just whether those networks will ever leak 7.  It's whether the DoD will ever announce anything in 7.
>
> If they do, any Rogers customer who wants to talk to it is screwed.  Whether they have a 7 addy or not, Rogers' routers will not let the packet leave Rogers' borders.
>

Now, the onus is on the DoD to make its content available over unique
IPv6 space so that the Roger's customers can get to it using the
6to4-PMT solution.  There is always a solution.

Cameron

> --
> TTFN,
> patrick
>
>
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