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Re: Is this normal?

  • From: Gordon Ewasiuk
  • Date: Wed Jun 27 03:28:03 2001
  • X: marks the spot.

On Yesterday, Larry Diffey wrote:
>I've only been lurking here for a couple of days and I hope this isn't
>an inappropriate question for this group.  No flames please if I
>shouldn't have posted this (or for the double negative); a good stern
>warning will do just fine. :-)   

RFC1918 TROLL!  lol.  kidding. =)

>I'm wondering if what I'm seeing in this trace route is normal provider
>behavior (I haven't seen this happen before now).  
<snip traceroute with 1918 addys>

Depends on the meaning of "normal". Check out 
http://www.merit.edu/mailinglist/mailarchives/old_archive/2000-07/msg00394.html

There are many, many other threads about this and related topics(NAT,
VPNs with 1918 addys, breaking traceoute with 1918 addys, etc.) 
RFC1918 addys are sacred stomping ground.

@Home and Adelphia(atleast in VA) use 1918 addys internally.  They
usually turn up between the modem and the distribution hub/headend(?).

Also, poke around at http://www.merit.edu/mailinglist/mailarchives/old_archive/.  Complete
archives of NANOG discussions from 1994.  

-Gordo

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