> Daniel Senie wrote: > 2) Make available several chunks of space for RFC1918 > usage, perhaps a few /8's, a whole mess of /12's, and > many /16's. This space does two things: First, it > provides additional private address space, which is > needed. Second, it provides a usage battleground for > class E space testing. There is the very real > possibility users of these blocks will run into > trouble as vendors have special handling for class E. > By allowing these to be discovered during use in > private networks, there is a much better chance of > public usage of these blocks later. > I do NOT agree that the entire class E space should go > to RFC 1918. That seems wasteful. But using some large > chunks of space for that purpose clearly provides a > test bed to prove out equipment before eventual public > address usage in that region of IP address space. Makes a lot of sense to me. Michel. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf