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Re: BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem

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Post by kortilla »

mike_d wrote: post #10
rumblefrog wrote: post #7

I find the map the most interesting map: https://map.bgp.tools/ And did not know Mercedes holds such a large block (53.0.0.0/8), and it appears to be mostly dark or unused.

The map also does a good job showing why we need to do away with multicast/class E and reuse the address space.

You can’t use multicast because multicast addresses work today on private networks

Re: BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem

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Post by doughecka »

mike_d wrote: post #10
rumblefrog wrote: post #7

I find the map the most interesting map: https://map.bgp.tools/ And did not know Mercedes holds such a large block (53.0.0.0/8), and it appears to be mostly dark or unused.

The map also does a good job showing why we need to do away with multicast/class E and reuse the address space.

Lol, then what do we do with all the multicast traffic?

Re: BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem

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Post by supriyo-biswas »

ranger_danger wrote: post #5
dapperdrake wrote: post #2

This tool looks really good. It seems like soon ASN level bot-curbing will become common.

cidr-report.org has been around for over 20 years, curious why you think this site now will make a difference with blocking bots?

Most people don't know about it; in fact most of the IP geolocation providers pull their data from cidr-report.org or thyme.apnic.net.

Re: BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem

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Post by ranger_danger »

mike_d wrote: post #10
rumblefrog wrote: post #7

I find the map the most interesting map: https://map.bgp.tools/ And did not know Mercedes holds such a large block (53.0.0.0/8), and it appears to be mostly dark or unused.

The map also does a good job showing why we need to do away with multicast/class E and reuse the address space.

Surely something from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses could be repurposed?

Re: BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem

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Post by zinekeller »

supriyo-biswas wrote: post #14
ranger_danger wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

cidr-report.org has been around for over 20 years, curious why you think this site now will make a difference with blocking bots?

Most people don't know about it; in fact most of the IP geolocation providers pull their data from cidr-report.org or thyme.apnic.net.

I'm not shocked. ASN blocking is well-known among people who I can easily called experts (veterans which can set up a reasonable-ish firewall from base principles) and ASN control is exposed in major cloud firewalls, but younger people (except those who were trained with deep networking skills) don't really understand ASNs for some reason.

Re: BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem

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Post by teaearlgraycold »

ranger_danger wrote: post #15
mike_d wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The map also does a good job showing why we need to do away with multicast/class E and reuse the address space.

Surely something from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses could be repurposed?

Holy cow. Didn’t realize there is an entire /4 reserved for future use.

Re: BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem

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Post by yardstick »

ranger_danger wrote: post #15
mike_d wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The map also does a good job showing why we need to do away with multicast/class E and reuse the address space.

Surely something from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses could be repurposed?

240/4 can be hijacked/used as private IP space currently by a lot of devices. I think Windows might be the hold out. But for internal routing and IoT it’s very useful. Can never be used as publicly routable space.

I’d like to see it added to the official list of private space alongside RFC1918.

Re: BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem

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Post by globular-toast »

yardstick wrote: post #18
ranger_danger wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surely something from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses could be repurposed?

240/4 can be hijacked/used as private IP space currently by a lot of devices. I think Windows might be the hold out. But for internal routing and IoT it’s very useful. Can never be used as publicly routable space. I’d like to see it added to the official list of private space alongside RFC1918.

Not sure why you'd need more than 10/8, but I suppose it looks even cooler too those who know and find such things cool.

Does Windoze prevent you from using certain IPv4 addresses?

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