What Is a BOGON?
The term BOGON refers to any IP address prefix that should not be routable on the public internet. If you see a packet on the internet from one of these ranges, it’s almost certainly spoofed.
- Bogon prefixes you should reject from the Internet
| Prefix | More specific | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 0.0.0.0/0 | only the exact prefix | Default route |
| 0.0.0.0/8 | any more specific prefix | IANA – Local Identification |
| 10.0.0.0/8 | any more specific prefix | RFC 1918 – Private Use |
| 127.0.0.0/8 | any more specific prefix | IANA – Loopback |
| 169.254.0.0/16 | any more specific prefix | RFC 3927 – Link Local |
| 172.16.0.0/12 | any more specific prefix | RFC 1918 – Private Use |
| 192.0.2.0/24 | any more specific prefix | RFC 5737 – TEST-NET-1 |
| 192.88.99.0/24 | any more specific prefix | RFC 3068 – 6to4 prefix |
| 192.168.0.0/16 | any more specific prefix | RFC 1918 – Private Use |
| 198.18.0.0/15 | any more specific prefix | RFC 2544 – Network Interconnect Device Benchmark Testing |
| 198.51.100.0/24 | any more specific prefix | RFC 5737 – TEST-NET-2 |
| 203.0.113.0/24 | any more specific prefix | RFC 5737 – TEST-NET-3 |
| 224.0.0.0/3 | any more specific prefix | RFC 5771 – Multcast (formerly Class D) |
| 100.64.0.0/10 | any more specific prefix | RFC 6598 – Shared Address Space |
| ::/0 | only the exact prefix | Default route |
| ::/8 | any more specific prefix | loopback, unspecified, v4-mapped |
| 64:ff9b::/96 | any more specific prefix | RFC 6052 – IPv4-IPv6 Translation |
| 100::/8 | any more specific prefix | RFC 6666 – reserved for Discard-Only Address Block |
| 200::/7 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4048 – Reserved by IETF |
| 400::/6 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| 800::/5 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| 1000::/4 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| 2001::/33 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4380 – Teredo prefix |
| 2001:0:8000::/33 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4380 – Teredo prefix |
| 2001:2::/48 | any more specific prefix | RFC 5180 – Benchmarking |
| 2001:3::/32 | any more specific prefix | RFC 7450 – Automatic Multicast Tunneling |
| 2001:10::/28 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4843 – Deprecated ORCHID |
| 2001:20::/28 | any more specific prefix | RFC 7343 – ORCHIDv2 |
| 2001:db8::/32 | any more specific prefix | RFC 3849 – NON-ROUTABLE range to be used for documentation purpose |
| 2002::/16 | any more specific prefix | RFC 3068 – 6to4 prefix |
| 3ffe::/16 | any more specific prefix | RFC 5156 – used for the 6bone but was returned |
| 4000::/3 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| 5f00::/8 | any more specific prefix | RFC 5156 – used for the 6bone but was returned |
| 6000::/3 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| 8000::/3 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| a000::/3 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| c000::/3 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| e000::/4 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| f000::/5 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| f800::/6 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| fc00::/7 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4193 – Unique Local Unicast |
| fe80::/10 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Link Local Unicast |
| fec0::/10 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Reserved by IETF |
| ff00::/8 | any more specific prefix | RFC 4291 – Multicast |
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