Re: [cobalt-security] Might be off topic. Are computers with 168.192.x.x safe from Internet?

[shimi <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Dogsbody wrote:

> 
> > Of course all internal machines will only be assigned the private
> > network IPs starting with 168.192.
> 
> I'm not being silly here am I but I thought the no routable class C address was
> 192.168.x.x not the other way around!!
> 
> A quick lookup provides...
> 
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1597.html
> 
> Regards
> 
> Dan
> dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.dogsbody.org

As I posted before... read the wording of the RFC (I didn't read it now,
but i'm pretty sure what it says) - SHOULDN'T be routed.

Those are IP's. exactly like 4.3.2.1, which is an IP that exists on the
Internet. It's just that the ones who "made the internet" decided that
SOME blocks will be for partial use. If people configure their router to
drop packets for 192.168.* is THEIR decision. The Internet WILL route
these packets if the routers in the middle allows so...

I hope I made that point clear :)

- shimi.