What is the primary purpose of private address space?

The correct answer is A. conserve globally unique address space. Private IPv4 addresses weren't created to be a form of protection. It's primary purpose was to enable internal networks to communicate while conserving public IPv4 addresses.

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What is the primary purpose of private address space?

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Aconserve globally unique address space
Bsimplify the addressing in the network
Climit the number of nodes reachable via the Internet
Dreduce network complexity

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A
94% (16)
D
6% (1)

Explanation

Private IPv4 addresses weren't created to be a form of protection. It's primary purpose was to enable internal networks to communicate while conserving public IPv4 addresses.

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#Private IP addressing#IP address conservation#IPv4

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