> On Sep 4, 2017, at 3:12 PM, Michael H. Warfield <m...@wittsend.com> wrote: > > I would point out an analogous situation with documentation and > addresses. The documentation that accompanied Sun Microsystems SunOS > and Solaris used examples of IP address 1.1.1.1 and 1.2.3.4 and > similar, now making those blocks toxic since that /8 was assigned to > APNIC. IIRC, they also used names like .local and .test in some of > their doco. This isn't just a Microsoft think (and I'm far FAR from a > Microsoft apologist). Sometimes our tech writers do things they > shouldn't when their crystal ball is cloud and we get stuck with the > results. And I've dealt with far FAR worse.
Wasn't 192.9.200 (from the Sun docs) the "1918" network of the mid-1980s? I also recall SunOS manuals from that era encouraging customers to contact SMI if they needed a class C network block. --lyndon _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
