| Re: VE "route" command shows 191.255.255.1 [message #4922 is a reply to message #4897] |
Wed, 02 August 2006 10:29   |
hvdkamer
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Registered: July 2006
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I disagree. If IANA says it is going to reassign those IP-addresses, it is better to not use them anymore. For now the old situation is not a problem, but it will become one!
I recall a session with a computer user group. One visitor had problems to connect to its home computer. So we decided to tackle the problem. After a lot of investigation we discoverd that the helpdesk of his router had said that the IP-adresses 192.168.x.y where way to common and you shouldn't use them. Therfore he had picked one at random. So on this meeting we were actively hacking a computer which was own by a Swiss bank. Luckiley we weren't arrested 
The moral of this story? Don't use IP-adresses which don't belong to you. Even if it is at this moment not used. It can change and funny problems can occur. So why risk that?
Henk van de Kamer
auteur Het Lab
http://www.hetlab.tk/
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