[AusNOG] Reminder to fix 1.1.1.0 IP block

[Oliver Eyre]

All the cool kids are using 240/4 now anyway ;)

http://conference.apnic.net/data/36/240slash4-in-the-wild_1377758828.pdf




On 7 November 2013 08:24, Geordie Guy <elomis at gmail.com> wrote:

> "They work well if you really can't use 1918 space for a good reason."
>
> what.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Colin Stubbs <
> colin.stubbs at equatetechnologies.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I suppose if anyone can suck up the unsolicited traffic that those kind
>> of blocks are always going to attract it's Google.
>>
>> Pollution includes indirect methods such as DNS records too, e.g. parking
>> records on 1.1.1.1. There's always going to be something trying to talk to
>> addresses in those blocks.
>>
>> I make use of networks from 192.0.2.0/24 and 203.0.113.0/24 a lot now
>> for lab and temporarily stupid situations. And even 169.254.0.0/16 sometimes
>> too on devices that don't care, or for DNS records.
>>
>> They work well if you really can't use 1918 space for a good reason.
>>
>> 127.0.0.1 or something else in the /8 is useful too. e.g. MX records for
>> domains that should actually be dark.
>>
>> Anyone have other suggestions?
>>
>> -Colin
>>
>> On 6 November 2013 18:25, Mattia Rossi <
>> mattia.rossi.mailinglists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  AS15169 is not APNIC Research, but Google.
>>>
>>> So it's allocated. And it's probably getting used, hence Phil's request.
>>>
>>> Maybe the next main Google DNS Server will be at 1.1.1.1 instead of
>>> 8.8.8.8.
>>> So in that case for the people that use 1/8 internally: if you still
>>> want to be able to access Google from your Network in the future instead of
>>> getting redirected to some internal server (It's especially fun if your
>>> internal DNS is 1.1.1.1), then renumber to the proper RFC 1918 private
>>> address space.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Mat
>>>
>>> Am 06.11.2013 08:51, schrieb Scott Howard:
>>>
>>> Perhaps, but that's clearly only "routed briefly"
>>>
>>> At least, so whois says... :)
>>>
>>>  inetnum:        1.1.1.0 - 1.1.1.255
>>>  [...]
>>>  remarks:        ++++++++++++++++++
>>> remarks:        + Address blocks listed with this contact
>>> remarks:        + are withheld from general use and are
>>> remarks:        + only routed briefly for passive testing.
>>>
>>>  (And I did say "allocated", not "routed" - Allocated to APNIC
>>> Debogon/research doesn't count!)
>>>
>>>    Scott
>>>
>>>
>>>
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