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I was referring to "public network". (Though that WP page seems also to have self-coined the "private network" phrase and I don't think it's an estabilished te

I was referring to "public network". (Though that WP page seems also to have self-coined the "private network" phrase and I don't think it's an estabilished term in this meaning. The first and second references off the leading paragraph talk about "private internets" and "unique local addresses" respectively).

vasachi 3y ago
"Public network" can mean many things, but in context of IP addresses it usually means a network, that uses a globally addressable IP range. Now, that doesn't mean that the network is globally accessible. It can be tightly firewalled.