> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 18:00:05 -0400 (EDT) > From: Sean Donelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: nanog@merit.edu > Subject: The power of default configurations
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Paul Vixie wrote: > > adding more. oh and as long as you're considering whether to restrict > > things to your LAN/campus/ISP, i'm ready to see rfc1918 filters deployed... > Why does BIND forward lookups for RFC1918 addresses by default? Why isn't > the default not to forward RFC1918 addresses (and martian addresses). If > a sysadmin is using BIND in a local network which uses RFC1918 address, > those sysdmins can change their configuration? RFC1918 space is space you can use inside of an organization in the same way you could use non-RFC1918 space. If a program would treat it differently that would only make sense if that program could only be used in such a way that it would *have* to treat it differently. Regards, JP Velders
