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NetRange: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
CIDR: 10.0.0.0/8
OriginAS:
NetName: PRIVATE-ADDRESS-ABLK-RFC1918-IANA-RESERVED
NetHandle: NET-10-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: IANA Special Use
Comment: This block is used as private address space.
Comment: Traffic from these addresses does not come from IANA.
Comment: IANA has simply reserved these numbers in its database
Comment: and does not use or operate them. We are not the source
Comment: of activity you may see on logs or in e-mail records.
Comment: Please refer to
http://www.iana.org/abuse/
Comment:
Comment: Addresses from this block can be used by
Comment: anyone without any need to coordinate with
Comment: IANA or an Internet registry. Addresses from
Comment: this block are used in multiple, separately
Comment: operated networks.
Comment:
Comment: This block was assigned by the IETF in the
Comment: Best Current Practice document, RFC 1918
Comment: which can be found at:
Comment:
Comment:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1918.txt
RegDate:
Updated: 2011-04-12
Ref:
http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-10-0-0-0-1
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
OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgTechEmail:
[email protected]
OrgTechRef:
http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/IANA-IP-ARIN
In short, it means it is a non-routed IP address range that is used for private/local area networks. 192.168.0.0 is another net block used for private networks.