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RE: Arin Smack down?

  • From: Jonathan Disher
  • Date: Thu Nov 21 13:52:11 2002 
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Martin Renschler (EWU) wrote:
>
> tried the link and entered my PacBell home DSL static IP address and was
> shocked to see my private name come up behind CustName field! Wrong
> Address though.

-snip-

> NetRange:   67.116.xxx.xxx - 67.116.xxx.xxx
> CIDR:       67.116.xxx.xxx/29

> Isn't this violating privacy rules? Geez!

Uh, well, no, AFAIK, it's a common practice (and a good idea, and
depending on your RR, possibly a requirement) to SWIP
allocations/assignments of /29 or larger.

They're just following BCP.

-j