[ppml] Does ARIN ensure (guarantee) "routability" now ?

[Jim Fleming]

Does ARIN ensure (guarantee) "routability" now ?

Also, note APIPA address space which some claim is not routable.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/APIPA.html

"reserved especially for Microsoft. The IP address range is 169.254.0.1 through 169.254.255.254"

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Apple and Microsoft just started using it, without the need for an IANA...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mury" <mury at goldengate.net>
To: "George Cottay" <cottay at qconline.com>
Cc: <ppml at arin.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [ppml] ARIN Policy Proposal 2002-9


> 
> Ditto.
> 
> The only reasons I can think of that someone would want private
> (non-public) but yet non-routable space would be for uses not
> Internet/LAN/WAN related.  And that isn't our problem, nor ARIN's
> responsibility.
> 
> But I've been accused of being a slow-thinker before, so I'm curiously
> waiting for the answer.
> 
> Mury
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, George Cottay wrote:
> 
> > Well, the time has come for me to confess ignorance and possible
> > inattention. 
> >  
> > I'm confused by discussion here about needs for non-routed IP's other
> > than the present 10, 172, and 192 space already reserved.  Especially
> > given the size of the 10.0.0.0/8, I cannot for the life of me imagine an
> > organization needing more. Even if one were to divide on the basis of
> > the old class C, that leaves upwards of 65,000 possible subnets with
> > which to play. 
> >  
> > I'm even more confused by mention of a need for public addresses that
> > are not routed.  I thought routing was the most significant difference
> > between public and private space. 
> >  
> > Is anyone inclined to explain?
> >  
> > 
>