Re: 1/8 and 27/8 allocated to APNIC

[Neil Harris <neil () tonal clara co uk>]

On 22/01/10 01:22, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, George Bonser wrote:
>
> > Some of that water is dirtier than the rest.  I wouldn't want to be the
> > person who gets 1.2.3.0/24
>
> The whole /8 should be fun.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnoNet
>
>  To avoid addressing conflict with the internet itself, the range
>  1.0.0.0/8 is used. This is to avoid conflicting with internal networks
>  such as 10/8, 172.16/12 and 192.168/16, as well as assigned Internet
>  ranges. In the event that 1.0.0.0/8 is assigned by IANA, anoNet could
>  move to the next unassigned /8, though such an event is unlikely, as
>  1.0.0.0/8 has been reserved since September 1981.
>
> I thought there was some other group that had been squatting in 1/8, 
> something about radio and peer to peer...but not AnoNet (at least that 
> name was totally unfamiliar)...but this was all I could find with a 
> quick google.

This?

http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2003-May/001628.html

-- Neil