lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 years agoIt's easier to remember the IPs of good DNSes, too.lemmy.sdf.orgexternal-linkmessage-square182linkfedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down164file-text
arrow-up1313arrow-down1external-linkIt's easier to remember the IPs of good DNSes, too.lemmy.sdf.orglambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square182linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoDoesn’t that mean private non-routable subnets like 10.x or 192.x have always been a hack?
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoNo, because there’s use cases for systems that aren’t connected to the internet. Also, public IPs can be dynamic, so you might not want to rely on them internally.
minus-squareorangeboats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoPrivate addresses don’t necessitate NAT. IPv6 also allows private addresses in the form of fd00::/8, like fd00:face:b00b:1::1.
Doesn’t that mean private non-routable subnets like 10.x or 192.x have always been a hack?
No, because there’s use cases for systems that aren’t connected to the internet. Also, public IPs can be dynamic, so you might not want to rely on them internally.
Private addresses don’t necessitate NAT. IPv6 also allows private addresses in the form of
fd00::/8, likefd00:face:b00b:1::1.