It's been pointed out several times in the past regarding class E space that you cannot expect a host/app to work if you try to give it a class E address.
So class E addresses can only be safely used in networks for which you have complete control/confidence over all the devices/apps in that network. It might be usable between routers in an ISP. It is not really usable to assign a general-purpose PC acting as a CPE. -Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Roque Gagliano > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Int-area] draft-shirasaki-isp-shared-addr and Class E > networks > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > After the presentation on the intarea session yesterday I though about > something that was said ( I do not remember the person that did the > comment) in the last NANOG meeting during the panel: " What Would Jon > have Done About the Addressing Challenges Currently Facing Us?". > > The comment was about what Jon Postel did with the cable companies and > the 24/8 network. He allocated the address block but forced the cable > companies to test CIDR. In that sense he gave something and got > something. > > I wonder if we could take that example for the "shared address" case > and re-activate the re-definition of the Class E space as "for private > use" (draft-wilson-class-e-02) in order to be able to be use for this > architectures if the ISP are willing to do so. > > > Roque > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkknIcoACgkQnk+WSgHpbO4kVwCgpHb6F3WO+9UHYQRyyeDhd44G > JzgAn34S3xolZmhopok7ZtLgTt4mPZP7 > =DzEa > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Int-area mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area _______________________________________________ Int-area mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
