Re: 169.254.0.0/16

From: Howard C. Berkowitz (hcb@gettcomm.com)
Date: Sat Jul 24 2004 - 00:17:02 GMT-3


At 8:08 PM -0700 7/23/04, Joseph D. Phillips wrote:
>That is sometimes called the Microsoft loopback or autonet range.

Originally defined for MIT's network, it is specified in the latest
DHCP RFC as a link-local range from which addresses can be taken if
the DHCP server is not reachable.

>
>----- Original message -----
>From: gladston@br.ibm.com
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 09:15:10 -0400
>Subject: Re: Re: Administrativly scooped address
>
>Could you tell us a little more about the phrase "Also, depending on the
>wording of the question, you may want to block 169.254.0.0 0.0.255.255".



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