[olug] bad practices at home

[Adam Korab]

On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 09:51:13AM -0500, Jon wrote:
> Telechoice has alwasy given out Class C addresses but they ill map an internet address to your Class c if you ask.  I have heard of some service providers doing mapping but blocking low port numbers to discourage servers.

I fear you may be confused -- Class C address space is anything from
192.0.0.0 to 223.255.255.0.  10/8 space isn't within that range, it's
reserved for internal use, (by RFC1918, again) and isn't routable to the
network at large (or shouldn't be) due to provider route filtering.  

--Adam
-- 
"A workstation without a network is like a geek in a field all by himself.
It looks intriguing, unusual and different but no one will come within 20
feet of it." -- Sun help document

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