Re: DBU oddity -- MIDRANGE-L

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Hi Rob -

On Fri, 2 Sep 2011 16:04:51 -0400, rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Let's take relying upon NAT for example... Let's say you have an internal
address you use of 173.45.161.122. Well, instead of your browser going to
that internal site let's say it mozies on out to the external site with
that IP address. Don't you think your personnel director would be quite
shocked? (If you value your employment I would NOT suggest you try
pointing your browser to it while at work. Trust me, I took an offensive
site, simply pinged it and put that IP address in there.)

I'm confused (nothing new there!).

There are three ranges of addresses specifically allocated for private
networks: 10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, and 172.16.x.x to 172.31.x.x. No
properly configured router should be trying to route those over the
internet.

If someone uses internet-routable IP addresses for their internal
addresses, well, then, they deserve what they get.

Ken
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