RFC 4085:Embedding Globally-Routable Internet Addr...
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Internet address


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... subnet identifiers, specifying sets of Internet addresses that the given product somehow treats specially. ...


... Internet hosts should use Internet addresses that reside within special blocks that have been reserved for these purposes, rather than unique, globally-routable IP addresses ...



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