I think this is too wordy; and that such long comments in configuration files are uncalled for.
If it belongs anywhere, perhaps it belongs in the manual page? Problem is this is not the final story. I bet some parts of it will change over the coming year already. > Now that the IPv4 address space if fully allocated, perhaps it's time to > update the comments in /etc/hosts ? Here is my attempt at a reasonably concise > update: > > > > # Assignments from RFC5735 (supersedes RFC1918) > # > # Allocated for use as the Internet host loopback address: > # 127.0.0.0/8 > # > # Allocated for communication between hosts on a single link. Hosts obtain > # these addresses by auto-configuration (in the absence of DHCP): > # 169.254.0.0/16 > # > # Addresses within these blocks do not legitimately appear on the public > Internet > # and can be used without any coordination with IANA or an Internet registry: > # 10.0.0.0/8 private networks > # 172.16.0.0/12 private networks > # 192.168.0.0/16 private networks > # 192.0.2.0/24 documentation/examples > # 198.51.100.0/24 documentation/examples > # 203.0.113.0/24 documentation/examples > # 198.18.0.0/15 benchmark interconnect testing > # > # Full assignments details are available here: > # http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-address-space.txt > # > > > > More contentiously, this is an IPv6 counterpart: > > > > # Allocated for use as the Internet host loopback address: > # ::1/128 > # > # Allocated special purpose address blocks: > # fe80::/10 Link local addresses (auto-configured) > # fc00::/7 Unique local address (private networks) > # 2001:db8::/32 documentation/examples > # 2001:2::/48 benchmark interconnect testing > # > # Full assignments details are available here: > # > http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments/ipv6-unicast > -address-assignments.txt > > > > Note that I interpret the aim of these comments as an aide-memoire, rather > than a tutorial on IP addressing schemes, so it's intentionally brief. > > > /Pete
