Mom Can We Have IPv4 Space?

me: “mom can we IPv4 address space?” mom: “we have IPv4 address space at home” IPv4 address space at home: Unicast Use of the Formerly Reserved 127/8 Abstract This document redefines the IPv4 local loopback network as consisting only of the 65,536 addresses 127.0.0.0 to 127.0.255.255 (127.0.0.0/16). It asks implementers to make addresses in the prior loopback range 127.1.0.0 to 127.255.255.255 fully usable for unicast use on the Internet.

A text meme shows someone asking their mother for IPv4 address space, followed by “IPv4 address space at home.” The attached document claims that the normally reserved 127/8 loopback range is being repurposed for unicast Internet use, parodying the “We have [thing] at home” meme and joking about an absurdly unsafe networking solution.

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