On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 09:28:19AM -0700, Crist Clark wrote: ...
While I do not necessarily disagree with this point of view (as I work for a company who uses allocated space in such a manner), others may argue that addresses that are assigned through the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (that's Internet with the "I") are meant for Internet, with an "I," use. As it says at the top of their web page, "Dedicated to preserving the central coordinating functions of the global Internet for the public good." Note, "global Internet." ...
And what happens when a non-connected internet starts connecting to the public Internet? Even if it's through a single-layered proxy? Better to use non-conflicting IP addresses to start off with. Trying to do this with self-issued IP addresses has caused problems more than once. [Yah, "this is what RFC 1918 is for", but what if two RFC 1918 networks connect?] -- Joe Yao ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.