Here is the arin whois results for the three reserved ip ranges. These will not route on the internet.
IANA (RESERVED-6) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 US Netname: RESERVED-10 Netblock: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 __________________________________________ IANA (IANA-CBLK-RESERVED) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 US Netname: IANA-CBLK1 Netblock: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 __________________________________________ IANA (IANA-BBLK-RESERVED) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 US Netname: IANA-BBLK-RESERVED Netblock: 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 __________________________________________ Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations -- entangling alliances with none. --Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) >From every mountainside let freedom ring. --Samuel Francis Smith, from the anthem "America", 1831 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Kjorling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 4:58 AM To: Security-Basics Subject: RE: help - can someone explain this to me? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well, I believe that 127/8 is the loopback network (I know that 127.0.0.1 is the usual loopback address, and have seen a lot of "dummy" IPs under 127/8). I've never heard about 198/8 being either system, link or site local, though. Michael Kj�rling On Oct 26 2001 18:05 -0400, Laurie E. McQuillan wrote: > So 127.* and 198.* may or may not be internal, but the 10.* addresses > definitely are. - -- Michael Kj�rling -- Programmer/Network administrator ^..^ PGP: 95f1 074d 336d f8f0 f297 6a5b 2aa3 7bfd 8a70 e33e \/ Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- FidoNet: 2:204/254.4 "There is something to be said about not trying to be glamorous and popular and cool. Just be real -- and life will be real." (Joyce Sequichie Hifler, September 13 2001) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key is at http://michael.kjorling.com/contact/pgp.html iD8DBQE72oVDKqN7/Ypw4z4RAvfjAKD2Zr+UOqdmZrebxDuXVM+MViISTwCeNudI zZBrJT04Dm6i7O6kxzhFrPo= =P7i7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
