RFC 6752 · INFORMATIONAL · 2012

Issues with Private IP Addressing in the Internet

Overview

RFC 6752, “Issues with Private IP Addressing in the Internet”, is an Informational document published in September 2012 by A. Kirkham. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to provide a discussion of the potential problems of using private, RFC 1918, or non-globally routable addressing within the core of a Service Provider (SP) network. The discussion focuses on link addresses and, to a small extent, loopback addresses. While many of the issues are well recognised within the ISP community, there appears to be no document that collectively describes the issues. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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