Dave O Connor wrote:
> nils said on Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:14:30PM +0000:
>>>Ok so here it is, chorus offers a broadband package,I would imagine
>>that the chorus engineers would be clued in enough to have the sense to
>>read some RFC documents about how the internet works, i.e not using
>>10.x.x.x on public internet.
>>> They're not. An internet-facing machine has to have an IP address that's not
> RFC1918 reserved address space. Packets will not route to it otherwise. I
> don't know where you're getting the idea that they do. They don't. Assuming
> you're on chorus, what you're seeing below (the 10.0.0.0/8 addresses) are
> addresses on your local LAN.
Its not unknown for providers to use RFC1918 addresses in their access
networks (and a few have used them on transit networks!). Your
definition of public internet and theirs may be different - I would say
its really down to the contract you have with them at the end of the day.
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