[lelandbatey]

That's quite the story, and it's great that you'd keep a reference to a products origins (even if you didn't have to).

On a side note, is it still true that Apple has an entire /8 block of IP addresses? I know that a variety of companies where given them, but I was under the impression that large portions of most had been bought back/given back for use elsewhere?

[dsl]

Apple still has it. You can see the official allocations here: http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space/ipv4-addr...

The only people to return /8's have been Stanford, the DoD, and a few defense contractors (BBN and Boeing).

[donmelton]

I don't know whether the Apple IP addresses were reallocated. I do know that Stanford returned most of its Class A allocation.

[bdash]

Apple still owns and uses the entirety of 17.0.0.0/8.