[routing-wg]intra-system private addresses

rfc3927.txt ?

Wilfried

Allwyn Carvalho wrote:
> I am a new member to this list, so apologies if this question has come
> up before.
> 
> I was wondering if there are any IPv4 addresses reserved for
> communication within one logical system.  For example, a system (router
> for example) with multiple slot cards may require one slot card to
> communicate via IP directly with another slot card, and  even route
> traffic between the cards.  Traffic to these destinations will always
> originate from within the logical system and will never leave the
> logical system.  The system itself could be modular, and be built from
> several components.
> 
> Is there any ip-address range reserved for this?  I took a look at RFC
> 3330, but it's not obvious what could be used.
> 
> Using the addresses reserved for private networks (10.0.0.0/8,
> 172.16.0.0/16, and 192.168.0.0/16 etc.) is not attractive because there
> could be a large number of components and we do not want to preclude use
> of these addresses in the rest intranet.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Allwyn.
> 
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