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Architectural argument for another prefix. Fred. RFC 1918. If the prefix is used to address private networks, and therefore free public address space for use in a network, Note that this was the intended use of the RFC 1918 address space: NATs had not been invented.
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RFC 1918 • If the prefix is used to address private networks, and therefore free public address space for use in a network, • Note that this was the intended use of the RFC 1918 address space: NATs had not been invented
If the address space is used for CGN: • Assume networks “south” of the CGN are NAT’d and use RFC 1918 address space • To route between address spaces, they have to have separate addresses. • Therefore, ?.?.?.?/?? Cannot be an RFC 1918 address Wild wooly Internet ?.?.?.?/?? 10.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.0/16 10.0.0.0/8 172.16.0.0/12