dave@feddit.uk to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoCIA tracing those IPv44 addressesfeddit.ukimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThere are several IP address ranges reserved specifically for documentation and examples such as 192.0.2.0/24 and 2001:db8::/32. That’s what they should have used.
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s cooler to use 172.16.0.0/12 because everyone just sees “192” and thinks it’s part of 192.168.0.0/16.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s a for LAN use. The other IPv4 example ranges are 198.51.100.0/24, 203.0.113.0/24 and 233.252.0.0/24.
There are several IP address ranges reserved specifically for documentation and examples such as 192.0.2.0/24 and 2001:db8::/32. That’s what they should have used.
It’s cooler to use 172.16.0.0/12 because everyone just sees “192” and thinks it’s part of 192.168.0.0/16.
That’s a for LAN use. The other IPv4 example ranges are 198.51.100.0/24, 203.0.113.0/24 and 233.252.0.0/24.