Hi Jason, This is not commonplace. That prefix is from a specially designated IXP micro allocation block. See http://bit.ly/1OEcHde for detail. The use of these specially designated blocks is for IXPs only. We (Akamai) don't have equipment numbered into this type of address space nor do we have any evidence that we have in the past. We certainly won't in the future. If someone knows of anything that we missed, contact me directly and we'll arrange to renumber. Hope that helps. Best, -M< On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Jason Lixfeld <jason@lixfeld.ca> wrote:
So today, I saw this:
BlackBox:~ jlixfeld$ host google.ca 8.8.8.8 Using domain server: Name: 8.8.8.8 Address: 8.8.8.8#53 Aliases:
google.ca has address 206.126.112.166 google.ca has address 206.126.112.177 google.ca has address 206.126.112.172 google.ca has address 206.126.112.187 google.ca has address 206.126.112.151 google.ca has address 206.126.112.158 google.ca has address 206.126.112.157 google.ca has address 206.126.112.173 google.ca has address 206.126.112.181 google.ca has address 206.126.112.155 google.ca has address 206.126.112.147 google.ca has address 206.126.112.185 google.ca has address 206.126.112.143 google.ca has address 206.126.112.170 google.ca has address 206.126.112.162 google.ca has IPv6 address 2607:f8b0:4006:808::100f google.ca mail is handled by 50 alt4.aspmx.l.google.com. google.ca mail is handled by 30 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com. google.ca mail is handled by 20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com. google.ca mail is handled by 10 aspmx.l.google.com. google.ca mail is handled by 40 alt3.aspmx.l.google.com. BlackBox:~ jlixfeld$
That is not Google IPv4 address space, and those IPv4 IPs are not being announced by 15169.
Am I dumb in thinking that this is weird or is this sort of thing commonplace?