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There is lots of RFC1918 space out there, yet most people use the same 10 /24 subnets

I ended up having my OOB LAN collide with someones home network a few weeks ago, and decided to find a new subnet to use that won't collide backed up with actual usage data!

Picking uncontested private IP subnets with usage data

https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/picking-unused-rfc1918-ip-space

@benjojo Clever approach to an issue that's more common than most people think, thanks for publishing the data!

Have you considered the bias of users of obscure subnets not making themselves as easily noticeable from the outside than users of common ones, though? That's to say: wouldn't somebody that actively chose to place their network on a subnet that's among the more deserted ones also be less likely to publicly expose a WD Cloud-like device instead of, for example, using a dedicated VPN to access their LAN-only NAS and thus not showing up in your scans?

@nmaggioni Yes I did consider that, but generally speaking those users don't statistically matter. The amount of weird people is very low vs the bulk of default-everythying users
@benjojo Absence of conflicts granted by weirdness and pedantry? Sounds like my setup is safe 👀