Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:50:34 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Dale E. Chulhan" <dchulhan@uwi.tt>, "My List" <TheTechies@onelist.com>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Non-standard internal addressing Message-ID: <NCBBLIEPOCNJOAEKBEAKAEOPKCAA.davids@webmaster.com> In-Reply-To: <3991FD90.511D6EC9@uwi.tt>
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> The private IP network allocations include one Class A network, > 10.0.0.0; 16 > Class B networks, 172.16.0.0-172.31.0.0; and 256 Class C networks, > 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.0 > What are the ramifications of using non allocated addresses for > an INTRANET > connecting to the outside world through a proxy using say > 200.0.0.1-200.0.0.255 > 255.255.0.0 Well, one company I worked for used non-allocated addresses for its Intranet. Everything worked just fine until they signed their largest contract ever with a large airplane manufacturer. Turns out that this airplane manufacturer had been actually assigned the same block of IP addresses they randomly chose for their Intranet. Surprise, surprise -- our new largest customer couldn't access any of our protected servers. Is there some advantage to not using the private address space? This should be an no-brainer. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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