From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Sep 23 17:21: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from peitho.fxp.org (peitho.fxp.org [209.26.95.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C4B37B413 for ; Sun, 23 Sep 2001 17:21:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by peitho.fxp.org (Postfix, from userid 1501) id D5CCF1361D; Sun, 23 Sep 2001 20:21:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 20:21:01 -0400 From: Chris Faulhaber To: Juha Saarinen Cc: 'Kevin Oberman' , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: loopback not working for anything other than 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <20010923202101.A62163@peitho.fxp.org> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Faulhaber , Juha Saarinen , 'Kevin Oberman' , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200109232040.f8NKeoR13940@ptavv.es.net> <003401c14474$e4d53e40$0a01a8c0@den2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SUOF0GtieIMvvwua" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <003401c14474$e4d53e40$0a01a8c0@den2> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 09:15:38AM +1200, Juha Saarinen wrote: > :: I don't think any RFC actually calls for this, but 1122 is probably > :: the relevant reference. From 3.2.1.3: > :: (g) { 127, } > ::=20 > :: Internal host loopback address. Addresses of this form > :: MUST NOT appear outside a host. >=20 > RFC 990 seems to cover it though: >=20 > The class A network number 127 is assigned the "loopback" > function, that is, a datagram sent by a higher level protocol > to a network 127 address should loop back inside the host. No > datagram "sent" to a network 127 address should ever appear on > any network anywhere. >=20 FYI, RFC 990 is obsolete, the current version is RFC 1700: 0990 Assigned numbers. J.K. Reynolds, J. Postel. Nov-01-1986. (Format: TXT=3D174784 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0960) (Obsoleted by RFC1010) (Updated by RFC0997) (Status: US:) (Status: HISTORIC) 1010 Assigned numbers. J.K. Reynolds, J. Postel. May-01-1987. (Format: TXT=3D78179 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0990) (Obsoleted by RFC1060) (Status: US:) (Status: HISTORIC) 1060 Assigned numbers. J.K. Reynolds, J. Postel. Mar-01-1990. (Format: TXT=3D177923 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1010) (Obsoleted by RFC1340) (Status: US:) (Status: HISTORIC) 1340 Assigned Numbers. J. Reynolds, J. Postel. July 1992. (Format: TXT=3D232974 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1060) (Obsoleted by RFC1700) (Status: US:) (Status: HISTORIC) 1700 Assigned Numbers. J. Reynolds, J. Postel. October 1994. (Format: TXT=3D458860 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1340) (Also STD0002) (Status: US:) (Status: STANDARD) --=20 Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: FreeBSD: The Power To Serve iEYEARECAAYFAjuufG0ACgkQObaG4P6BelAecACfZQ+/MOwgQPaksZdzxWrdH4en ZbgAnipYZ4BtP2DK4hnHEVgH08wM17mu =efeL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message