Re: IETF proposal to unicast 127.1/16 - should we be concerned?

Reply: Arthur Chance : "Re: IETF proposal to unicast 127.1/16 - should we be concerned?"
In reply to: Dewayne Geraghty : "IETF proposal to unicast 127.1/16 - should we be concerned?"
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From: Jonathan McKeown <jonathan_at_scatterlings.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:51:52 UTC

On Thu, 18 Nov 2021, 07:50 Dewayne Geraghty, <
dewayne@heuristicsystems.com.au> wrote:

> As this is an individual proposal within the IETF framework, the concern
> should be tempered, however the draft proposal for 127.1/16 to be
> routable is being discussed.
>

As I read it, the proposal is more wide-ranging than that, allowing all of
127/8 to be routable with the exception of 127.0/16 which is still reserved
for loopback.

>