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> over 16% of all of the non-RFC1918 space is suspected squatted DoD space!
by eatbitseveryday 5y ago
> over 16% of all of the non-RFC1918 space is suspected squatted DoD space!
- mananaysiempre 5y agoWell, I’m entirely willing to believe the US DoD is one of the few entities that have more than 2^23 computers they want to be mutually addressable, so the RFC 1918 space is just too small for them if they are to run IPv4.
- JAlexoid 5y agoDoD has 8 million computers? It's not like it's all government branches combined. In fact - DoD should just have it's own internet - that is completely separate. I'd argue that DoD networks should not have any connectivity with broader internet, making their use of the whole 32 bit space completely independent from everyone else.
- maccolgan 5y agoThat'd essentially mean that any DoD computer can never communicate with anything on the standard internet.
- JAlexoid 5y agoThat means that no DoD computer can be connected to both at the same time. Which is a reasonable thing to have. Doesn't mean that DoD cannot use the global internet, just not use it and their own at the same time. I mean... They could even send traffic over global lines, without taking up IP addresses.
- IncRnd 5y agoThe entire address space was created for DoD use, so that is understandable.