dave@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 19 days agoCIA tracing those IPv44 addressesimagemessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1imageCIA tracing those IPv44 addressesdave@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squareTwilightKiddy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 days agoCould have just used class E addresses, at least then it would look intentional insead of brainless.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoThere are several IP address ranges reserved specifically for documentation and examples such as 192.0.2.0/24 and 2001:db8::/32. That’s what they should have used.
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoIt’s cooler to use 172.16.0.0/12 because everyone just sees “192” and thinks it’s part of 192.168.0.0/16.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoThat’s a for LAN use. The other IPv4 example ranges are 198.51.100.0/24, 203.0.113.0/24 and 233.252.0.0/24.
Could have just used class E addresses, at least then it would look intentional insead of brainless.
There are several IP address ranges reserved specifically for documentation and examples such as 192.0.2.0/24 and 2001:db8::/32. That’s what they should have used.
It’s cooler to use 172.16.0.0/12 because everyone just sees “192” and thinks it’s part of 192.168.0.0/16.
That’s a for LAN use. The other IPv4 example ranges are 198.51.100.0/24, 203.0.113.0/24 and 233.252.0.0/24.