On Fri, 12 Mar 2010, Joe Greco wrote: [something I didn't write]
If 1.0.0.0/8 has been widely used as de-facto rfc1918 for many years, perhaps it is time to update rfc1918 to reflect this?
I seem to recall that the WIANA project "decided" to use 1.0.0.0/8 for the "internal" network within their meshAP project...
random data point from memory.
So: I "decided" to use 5/8 for our internal networks because I felt that it stretched my fingers too much to go all the way over to "1" and then over to the other end of the top row to "0." 5 seemed a happier and easier choice. No, but really, what was your point again? IANA should go around making new Class A reservations or delegations to squatters? If so, I really *do* need to get busy and renumbering so I have a claim on 5/8.... :-) ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.