On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:07:06 -0800 Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com> wrote:
Of course I understand this, but I also understand that if one can get away with RFC1918 addresses on a non-Internet-connected network, it's not a bad idea to do so in and of itself; quite the opposite, in fact, as long as one is sure one isn't buying trouble down the road.
The problem is that you can't be sure that if you use RFC1918 today you won't be bitten by it's non-uniqueness property in the future. When you're asked to diagnose a fault with a device with the IP address 192.168.1.1, and you've got an unknown number of candidate devices using that address, you really start to see the value in having world wide unique, but not necessarily publically visible addressing. -- "Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly alert." - Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"