Digital Ocean has something called "Private Networking" that's internal to the d...

estsauver · on Nov 13, 2014

I actually think they're almost intentionally a touch deceptive. "Private" is a really loaded term to use there.

inopinatus · on Nov 14, 2014

When a door is marked "Private", then the room beyond is generally a shared space for all those authorized to access.

SoreGums · on Nov 14, 2014

Not really, common to refer to Private IP's as "private IP address space" as per RFC 1918(IPv4)/RFC 4193(IPv6).

If a user of the service is wanting to get on board, it is their responsibility to ensure what they think is accurate or not.

kelleyk · on Nov 14, 2014

Linode's is the same. I agree that it's annoying and that the terminology is slightly deceptive.

Any of these "datacenter LANs", though, tend to be fast and free (in terms of bandwidth). We just use a VPN overlay and call it a day.