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Subject: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
From: darcy at druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 12:20:25 -0500
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:03:57 +0100 (CET)
sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> > What reason could you possibly have to use non RFC 1918 space on a
> > closed network?  It's very bad practice - unfortunately I do see it done
> > sometimes....
> 
> There are sometimes good reasons to do this, for instance to ensure
> uniqueness in the face of mergers and acquisitions.

How does that help?  If you are renumbering due to a merger, couldn't
you just agree on separate private space just as easily?

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