The following should be attributed to Geoff White:
Now for a brief excursion into the totally mundane. Can anyone point me to the internet-draft/RFC that specifies the "reserverd networks" (i.e. the class A,B, & C [sic] network numbers that are considered "safe" (no-one should be routing them) to use as test/intranet/private IP networks?
I need to know all of the numbers, i.e. I believe 10.0.0.0 is the class A component of the list.
Thanks in advance.
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http://ds.internic.net/ds/rfc-index.html Specifically, RFC 1918, specifically, The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the following three blocks of the IP address space for private internets: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix) 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix) 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix) Lee