Timeline for Why do I need to "bypass" 169.254/16?
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| Apr 12, 2020 at 1:06 | history | protected | bmike♦ | ||
| Nov 23, 2018 at 22:13 | answer | added | Sal | timeline score: -2 | |
| Sep 3, 2014 at 2:27 | vote | accept | orome | ||
| Sep 2, 2014 at 18:55 | answer | added | samh | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 18:24 | comment | added | Ruskes | Your local network is not associated with the internet. So no, no danger there. Again, you wont be needing nor using a proxy server for internal communication. The self assigned IP is typical for devices that do not have Internet connection on that network. In that case the IP is used to identify the device on your Local network. Proxy are only used with external communications to hide your IP identity on the www. However the Proxy server does knows your original IP. The Proxy will always cut your speed to 1/2. | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 18:02 | comment | added | orome | @Buscar웃: Does it in any way expose me to devices with (perhaps maliciously) self-assigned IPs that happen to be on my network? | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 17:51 | answer | added | AllInOne | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 17:51 | comment | added | Ruskes | The 169.254/16 is only for your local network (computers connected to each other locally and not over internet), thus the Proxy is not used for that. | |
| Sep 2, 2014 at 17:16 | history | asked | orome | CC BY-SA 3.0 |