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Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll!

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On 8/24/2012 2:29 PM, Moe Trin wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking,
> in article <k18chb$9dp$1@dont-email.me>, telsar wrote:
> 
>> Well, it may say its valid for use and all, and a lot depends on the
>> mask used.  But, it would be an odd thing to do as most avoid this
>> value.  Using it may find some bugs scattered around in software.

I stand by this.  The world is full of half baked network software
especially in older gear and code.

> 
> About a week ago, of the 118784 networks allocated or assigned by the
> five Regional Internet Registries, 600 had a '255' in the second or
> third octet.  5 of those 600 (128.255.0.0 being UofIowa, 170.255.0.0.
> 192.12.255.0, 192.51.255.0 and 192.66.255.0) were assigned in the late
> 1980s.  I think someone might have noticed by now.

I did not say it wasn't true.  IPv4 addresses were always scarce.

> 
>> Its IPv6 time, lots of room for adventure especially concerning the
>> conversion from IPv4.
> 
> About a week ago, there were 11619 IPv6 networks - and for perspective
> there were 11675 IPv4 networks at the end of 1991.

I can hardly wait until IPv4 is eradicated and the world can be
comprised of static addresses as "the goddess" had intended.

> 
>> PS:  Anyone seeing a "255" would think its some kind of broadcast
>> thingy, except us.
> 
> Nearly all computer users wouldn't even recognize an IP address of
> either version 4 _or_ 6.

That is for sure.  Most network folks in industry deal in the reserved
ones anyway. 10.0.0.0 and 192.168.0.0

The real addresses are in the world of the ISPs and folks running real
stuff on the Internet.  Far fewer of these folks.

> 
>         Old guy
> 


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Dealing with a network knowledge troll! Mike Lovell <dev.null@b0h0.com> - 2012-08-23 22:07 -0500
  Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-08-24 09:05 +0200
  Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-08-24 07:17 +0000
    Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-08-24 10:29 -0500
    Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! Mike Lovell <dev.null@b0h0.com> - 2012-08-24 10:53 -0500
      Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2012-08-24 14:02 -0400
      Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-08-24 20:21 +0000
  Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-08-24 09:07 +0100
  Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! telsar <noone@nowhere.com> - 2012-08-24 12:09 -0500
    Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-08-24 14:29 -0500
      Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! telsar <noone@nowhere.com> - 2012-08-24 15:58 -0500
        Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-08-24 22:23 +0000
          Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! telsar <noone@nowhere.com> - 2012-08-25 12:40 -0500
    Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-08-25 09:38 +0100
      Re: Dealing with a network knowledge troll! telsar <noone@nowhere.com> - 2012-08-25 12:35 -0500

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