Public IP address allocation from ARIN is a totally different matter. My point is that filtering RFC 1918 addresses at your network's borders is the right thing to do for a number of reasons. IMHO using RFC 1918 addresses on your backbone routers (or any other public device) for anything other than emergency or truly temporary use is a recipe for disaster. My $0.02. ww@shadowfax.styx.org wrote: <snip>
Imagine that you inherit a network where RFC1918 addresses are used ... </snip>
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