RFC 2072:Router Renumbering Guide
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... IP addresses visible within the enterprise, since some addresses (e.g., Internet service providers, external business partners) are outside the address space under the control of the enterprise. ...


... organization. Routing issues here are primarily those of the global Internet, but may also involve bilateral private links to other enterprises. ...
... Internet Global Routing ...
... Many discussions of renumbering emphasize interactions among organizations' numbering plans and those of the global Internet [RFC1900]. There can be equally strong motivations for renumbering ...
... [RFC1900]. There can be equally strong motivations for renumbering in organizations that never connect to the global Internet. According to RFC1900 ...
... Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is vital to keep the Internet routing system alive and to maintain continuous uninterrupted growth of the Internet ...
... Internet routing system alive and to maintain continuous uninterrupted growth of the Internet....To contain the growth of routing information, whenever such an ...
... concerned would need to renumber.... If the organization does not renumber, then some of the potential consequences may include (a) limited (less than Internet-wide) IP connectivity, or (b) extra cost to offset the overhead ...
... to offset the overhead associated with the organization's routing information that Internet Service Providers have to maintain, or both." ...
... Dialup services, especially public Internet access providers, are undergoing explosive growth. This success represents a particular drain on the available address space ...


... backbone. Global Internet ^ | ...
... registry (e.g., InterNIC, RIPE, or APNIC) or by an Internet Service Provider (ISP). This assignment of a value in the most significant bit ...
... address space [RFC1918] that is not routable on the global Internet. Since these addresses are not routable on the global Internet ...
... Internet. Since these addresses are not routable on the global Internet, changing parts of private address space prefixes ...


... DNS references to addresses that are known in the global Internet [deGroot]. Various DNS servers throughout the ...


... Among the major reasons to renumber is to gain globally routable address space. In the global Internet, routable address space is based on arbitrary-length prefixes ...
... realization of prefix addressing in the global Internet. Inside enterprises, arbitrary prefix length addressing ...


... router links rarely need to be accessed from the Internet unless explicitly used for exterior routing. External traceroutes will also fail reverse DNS ...


... address spaces. If the "outside" address space (i.e., visible to the Internet) changes, this will mean that the outside screening router will need configuration changes ...
... +-----------+ | | Hosts | | +-----------+ From | External | | +--------+ |---| Internal | Internet...| Screening |---| +--------+ | | Screening | | Router | |---| Bastion|------| | Router ...
... routers typically have inbound access lists that block unauthorized traffic from the Internet, and outbound access lists that permit access only to DMZ servers and the bastion host. ...


... load balancing. Most enterprises do not directly participate in global Internet routing mechanisms, the details of which are of concern to their ...


... Hubbard, K., Kosters, M., Conrad, D., Karrenberg, D., and J. Postel, "INTERNET REGISTRY IP ALLOCATION GUIDELINES", BCP 12, RFC 2050 ...



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