<FONT face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size=2><DIV>As with most other "dirty" address ranges these will inevitably be used for something. It's just a fact of life as IPv4 space becomes more and more scarce. For example APNIC has begun assigning addresses in the previously reserved and often hijacked 1.0/8 range.<BR><DIV><BR><DIV><BR></DIV><FONT color=#990099>-----<juniper-nsp-bounces@puck.nether.net> wrote: -----<BR><BR></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net<BR>From: Chuck Anderson <cra@wpi.edu><BR>Sent by: <juniper-nsp-bounces@puck.nether.net><BR>Date: 03/08/2010 04:08PM<BR>Subject: [j-nsp] Class E IP addresses<BR><BR><FONT face="Default Monospace,Courier New,Courier,monospace" size=2>From 9.6 release notes:<BR><BR> Class E addresses—The JUNOS Software now allows Class E addresses to be<BR> configured on interfaces. To allow Class E addresses to be configured on<BR> interfaces, remove the Class E prefix from the list of martian addresses by<BR> including the [edit routing-options martians 240/4 orlonger allow] configuration<BR> statement.<BR><BR>Whoa. What is the use of this? While it sounds like a neat idea to <BR>reclaim Class E for actual use in this age of IPv4 depletion, the idea <BR>loses its appeal once you realize the huge numbers of legacy devices <BR>that won't want to have anything to do with Class E.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net<BR><A href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp" target=blank>https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp</A></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV></DIV></FONT>