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Re: : Can a prefix be never routed on Internet but used only for source address in IP packets?
From: "Jakob Heitz (jheitz) via NANOG" <nanog () lists nanog org>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:40:20 +0000
ICMP packets from internal devices. Example “unreachable”. Kind Regards, Jakob ---------------------------- Question: Can a prefix be never routed on the Internet but used only one-way for source address in IP packets? That is. a user owns an IP prefix. They never advertise a route to it in BGP on the Internet. But they use the prefix solely for source address in IP traffic from a source to a destination (sink). In this set up, the destination server obviously cannot/doesn't return any acknowledgements etc. to the source. Anyone aware if there is any such known application in use on the Internet - even if it is rare? Thanks. Sriram _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog () lists nanog org/message/HXWFW2SZEFHND7TZNN2MWA6E4V3QLZ3E/
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- Re: : Can a prefix be never routed on Internet but used only for source address in IP packets? Jakob Heitz (jheitz) via NANOG (Aug 19)
- Re: : Can a prefix be never routed on Internet but used only for source address in IP packets? nanog--- via NANOG (Aug 19)
- Re: : Can a prefix be never routed on Internet but used only for source address in IP packets? Randy Bush via NANOG (Aug 19)
- Re: : Can a prefix be never routed on Internet but used only for source address in IP packets? Nick Hilliard via NANOG (Aug 20)
- Re: : Can a prefix be never routed on Internet but used only for source address in IP packets? nanog--- via NANOG (Aug 19)
