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CIA tracing those IPv44 addresses (feddit.uk)
submitted 4 days ago by dave@feddit.uk to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah by using out-of-bounds numbers they avoid accidentally listing legitimate values who might get upset or free advertising

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They could just use IPv6. Legitimately values or not no one is going to understand them, much less get upset by them.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The attack was coming from ::1

Or if that's too unbelievable, fe80:: has some scary implications while also not likely to ever be a real device.

[–] exu@feditown.com 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can also use 200::/7. It's been deprecated since 2004

[–] flowers_galore2@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 4 days ago

Nice rabbithole, thanks

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

There are already several reserved IP ranges for this kind of purpose, like 198.51.100.0/24 or 203.0.113.0/24.