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On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:41:58AM +0200, Jan Johansson wrote:
| > However, you've been rather silly in using the 192.168.0.0/24 network,
| > as RFC1918 suggests that you should pick a random one.
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| Yes? 0 is random :) Well, i dont really see a problem with using 0.
The problem comes in when some config isn't right and the private
address escapes its bounds. Suppose I am using 0 (ok, I am, I should
change it sometime after I move back home). Suppose also that I put
the wrong interface in my DDTS config (I did that too, oops). Now
when you do a DNS query for 'dman2.ddts.net' you end up getting back
192.168.0.1. Your machine sees that, it's a valid address, and points
to some.host on your lan. That isn't a good thing.
Now that I know why it's a good idea not to use the same block as
everyone else, I will do that next time it is in my power/control to
choose the numbering.
-D
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Failure is not an option. It is bundled with the software.
http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/
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