RFC - 1627

Network 10 Considered Harmful (Some Practices Shouldn't be Codified)

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1627.txt
Authors:	E. Lear [Silicon Graphics, Inc.], E. Fair [Apple Computer, Inc.], D. Crocker [Silicon Graphics, Inc.], T. Kessler [Sun Microsystems, Inc.]
Date:	July 1994
Category:	Informational
This specification has been !!! obsoleted !!!

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Obsoleted by:
RFC-1918 [BCP 5]	Address Allocation for Private Internets

Referred by:	7 RFC
Refers to:	5 RFC

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Status

This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

Re-use of Internet addresses for private IP networks is the topic of the recent RFC 1597(-> 1918) [1]. It reserves a set of IP network numbers, for (re-)use by any number of organizations, so long as those networks are not routed outside any single, private IP network. RFC 1597(-> 1918) departs from the basic architectural rule that IP addresses must be globally unique, and it does so without having had the benefit of the usual, public review and approval by the IETF or IAB. This document restates the arguments for maintaining a unique address space. Concerns for Internet architecture and operations, as well as IETF procedure, are explored.

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