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Routers on the internet never forward packets coming from private IP addresses Explain. Can you see any advantage in this?

hong
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    this sounds a lot like homework. We don't disallow homework questions, but we prefer you to show *your* understanding of the question/answer and then we can help you refine it from there. – Mark Henderson Mar 31 '11 at 04:17
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    Posting the question straight off your assignment sheet won't impress anyone. – John Gardeniers Mar 31 '11 at 04:39

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Read RFC 1918 - it explains it all.

tsykoduk
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Routers on the internet should never forward packets coming from private RFC1918 addresses. Sometimes they do, usually through misconfiguration or cablemodem provider suboptimality.

And to answer the second question, yes, I can see advantage in this.

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