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Which IP address is in a 'Private' range (RFC 1918) and cannot be routed on the public internet?
- A 8.8.8.8, which is a universally accessible public DNS resolution service operated by Google for use by clients across the entire internet.
- B 1.1.1.1, which is a high-performance public recursive DNS resolver managed by Cloudflare that prioritizes both user privacy and speed.
- C 10.0.0.5, which is an address reserved for use within internal local area networks (LANs) and cannot be directly routed across the public web.
- D 142.250.190.46, which is a specific identifier assigned to a publicly reachable edge node within Google's global content delivery network.
Answer: C. 10.0.0.5, which is an address reserved for use within internal local area networks (LANs) and cannot be directly routed across the public web.
According to RFC 1918, specific IP ranges (including `10.x.x.x`, `192.168.x.x`, and `172.16.x.x` through `172.31.x.x`) are designated as 'Private'. These addresses are intended for use inside home or corporate networks and are not globally unique. This allows millions of different networks to 'reuse' the same addresses internally. To communicate with the internet, these private addresses must be translated into a single public IP address using a process called Network Address Translation (NAT) at the router. This provides both a layer of security and helps slow down the exhaustion of the limited IPv4 address space.
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