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I imagine this could break some existing code. Especially if IANA starts to actually allocate addresses from the 0.0.0.0/8 range. Luckily, this doesn't change
by maltalex 7y ago
I imagine this could break some existing code. Especially if IANA starts to actually allocate addresses from the 0.0.0.0/8 range.
Luckily, this doesn't change the fact that 0.0.0.0/8 is still reserved by RFC8190[0]
[0]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8190 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8190
- anonymousiam 7y agoBy "this", I assume that you mean if people start using the 0.x.x.x block. My first read of your comment interpreted "this" to mean the new patch, which in fact makes Linux accept and work with this previously unusable block.
- gruez 7y ago>Especially if IANA starts to actually allocate addresses from the 0.0.0.0/8 range. Who's going to want to use that block? Given how many legacy devices are there on the web, it's probably not going to be reachable for a sizeable chunk of the internet.
- kabwj 7y agoThat’s the same thing they said about addresses in bogons ranges and eventually we succeeded in using them.