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I worked for HP back in the late '80s/early '90s, and it always seemed insane that they numbered everything internally with their 15.*/8 block, especially as yo
by linsomniac 6y ago
I worked for HP back in the late '80s/early '90s, and it always seemed insane that they numbered everything internally with their 15.*/8 block, especially as you weren't even allowed out on the public Internet at the time. You had to get a manager to sign a paper to get access to a SOCKS proxy.
- wmf 6y agoThis is how the Internet is supposed to work, with unique addresses.
- linsomniac 6y agoWhy? If you have a private network, like HP did, why would you want public IPs on it?
- wmf 6y agoA big reason is mergers (something HP has a lot of experience with); merging two 10/8 networks is a mess but if they have unique IPs it's easier. Also, I think the concept of a "private network" is inflexible and in some sense a premature optimization. If you use unique IPs you can decide on a subnet or even host basis what is exposed to the Internet and what isn't.
- linsomniac 6y agoOk, I'm sold! Where can I get 8 /24s to use in at my (small) work? :-)
- wmf 6y agohttps://auctions.ipv4.global/ https://auctions.ipv4.global/
- neurostimulant 6y agoSame thing happen in my university. When I was graduated 10 years ago, they were using their ip block for their internal network, which can't even connect to the internet without a squid proxy. My wife did her master degree there last year and they were still doing it. I can't help but think how wasteful it is. Is there any benefit of doing that anyway, except due to legacy baggage?