Address Allocation for Private Internets
RFC 1597, “Address Allocation for Private Internets”, is an Informational document published in March 1994 by Y. Rekhter, B. Moskowitz, D. Karrenberg, G. de Groot. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1918 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This RFC describes methods to preserve IP address space by not allocating globally unique IP addresses to hosts private to an enterprise while still permitting full network layer connectivity between all hosts inside an enterprise as well as between all public hosts of different enterprises. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
The canonical text of RFC 1597 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
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