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> If I saw a private IP (192.168, 10, etc) or a .local domain, I'd assume that was a LAN address, but that's a convention and depends very much on routing being
by asveikau 7y ago
> If I saw a private IP (192.168, 10, etc) or a .local domain, I'd assume that was a LAN address, but that's a convention and depends very much on routing being set up properly.
This convention on the address is actually backed by RFCs. eg. rfc 1918. There is similar for ipv6.
However, blocking traffic to private IPs without careful consideration seems like it could block some legitimate use. So one does have to tread carefully when special-casing those.