Re: [offtopic] Re: Safe IP Number (was Re: [MacPerl] CGI.s onlocal Mac)

[Kevin van Haaren <kevinv@sound.net>]

At 5:41 PM -0500 10/21/1998, Alex Satrapa wrote:
>To be safe, assign an IP address in the range "10.x.x.x" or "192.168.x.x"
>(there's another range that slips my mind at the moment). These are
>covered under RFC 1918, allocating ranges of IP numbers for private
>networks that are also Internet connected.

Only if the Internet connection uses a proxy server or NAT to provide
"valid" IP addresses on the internet.  You can't use ip's in the 10.x.x.x
or 192.168.x.x on the internet itself.  By using these internally it makes
it easier to firewall your routers and such.

kevin



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