Re: [Hampshire] [OT] TalkTalk and low IP addresses

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Author: trotter
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] TalkTalk and low IP addresses
At 13:51 18/05/2010, you wrote:
>Hi Chris,
>
>On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 01:50:12PM +0100, Chris Dennis wrote:
> > I've just been to a client who suddenly lost access to various websites
> > including www.hants.gov.uk
> >
> > It turns out that TalkTalk have assigned to her router an IP address
> > like 2.97.x.x, and that Hampshire County Council think that it's
> > invalid.
>
>I come across this all the time. HCC are running what networky types
>call a bogon filter. An outdated bogon filter is worse than no bogon
>filter at all.



Who are the sort of people who would use Bogons?

I notice iblocklist.com has a Bogon list for its IP blocking
software.

Martin N

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