Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: About IP address | Date | 27 Nov 2000 12:55:06 -0800 |
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Followup to: <20001127163217.B20394@alcove.wittsend.com> By author: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Glad you can't understand it, because it's incorrect. They can > be used but they are both assigned to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers > Authority) as reserved address blocks. You can't use them because IANA > controls them and dictates how they might be used if they are ever > used. Since there may be broken software out there that mishandles > those addresses, it's entirely possible that IANA will never use them > for any routable purpose. Neither currently have reverse name servers > assigned, so it's presumable that they are simply not in operation > and IANA is keeping them reserved to keep them out of trouble. >
Most likely, they have put them in a bin saying "potentially troublesome with old software, assign them last." As long as there are other addresses available, they won't be used.
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