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NetRange: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255
CIDR: 169.254.0.0/16
OriginAS:
NetName: LINKLOCAL-RFC3927-IANA-RESERVED
NetHandle: NET-169-254-0-0-1
Parent: NET-169-0-0-0-0
NetType: IANA Special Use
NameServer: BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG
NameServer: BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG
Comment: This is the "link local" block. It was set
Comment: aside for this special use in the Standards
Comment: Track document, RFC 3927 and was further
Comment: documented in the Best Current Practice
Comment: RFC 5735, which can be found at:
Comment: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3927.txt
Comment: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5735.txt
Comment: It is allocated for communication between hosts
Comment: on a single link. Hosts obtain these addresses
Comment: by auto-configuration, such as when a DHCP
Comment: server cannot be found.
Comment: A router MUST NOT forward a packet with an IPv4
Comment: Link-Local source or destination address,
Comment: irrespective of the router's default route configuration
Comment: or routes obtained from dynamic routing protocols.
Comment: A router which receives a packet with an IPv4
Comment: Link-Local source or destination address MUST NOT
Comment: forward the packet. This prevents forwarding of
Comment: packets back onto the network segment from which
Comment: they originated, or to any other segment.
RegDate: 1998-01-27
Updated: 2010-03-15
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-169-254-0-0-1

OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
OrgId: IANA
Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
City: Marina del Rey
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90292-6695
Country: US
RegDate:
Updated: 2004-02-24
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/IANA

OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgTechName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number
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OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org
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OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
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