Re: Strange traceroute

[bmah () CA SANDIA GOV (Bruce A. Mah)]

If memory serves me right, RB wrote:
> Hi all while doing a traceroute to my news server the first IP address is
> 10.76.X.X anyone know why ? Isn't this a private IP? Makes me kinda
> suspicious..............

If you're an @Home user, be aware that they use private addresses
(specifically, 10/8 addresses) on their internal networks.  This is kind
of bad; among other things, it means that traceroute breaks if you
happen to run a router that filters out packets from private addresses.

Bruce.

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