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Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote : Re: [Bug 1656378] Re: Networking Guide uses RFC1918 IPv4 ranges instead of RFC5737

Nice work! I had originally meant to make a patch myself but got
distracted. :)

Excerpts from kavitha h r's message of 2017-02-01 10:11:24 UTC:
> ** Changed in: openstack-manuals
> Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1656378
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> Title:
> Networking Guide uses RFC1918 IPv4 ranges instead of RFC5737
>
> Status in openstack-manuals:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> Hi! I was reading the guide on the "Get me a network" bits, and I
> realized that the whole manual is using the wrong address ranges.
>
> RFC5737 defines three ranges for use in documentation:
>
> 3. Documentation Address Blocks
>
> The blocks 192.0.2.0/24 (TEST-NET-1), 198.51.100.0/24 (TEST-NET-2),
> and 203.0.113.0/24 (TEST-NET-3) are provided for use in
> documentation.
>
> These are non-routable addresses, even privately, and the RFC is
> specifically provided to avoid problems like overlap (If everyone uses
> the 10.x ranges because that's what's in the manuals, we end up with
> even more overlap than usual).
>
> https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5737.txt
>
> It's worth noting that the manual _is_ compliant with RFC3848, which
> defines the IPv6 documentation range as 2001:db8::/32.
>