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Date:      Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:11:10 -0500 (EST)
From:      <doug@safeport.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Question about /etc/hosts in 4.2-beta
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011161508300.6139-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com>

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I got this via cvsup on 11/09/00


# $FreeBSD: src/etc/hosts,v 1.11.2.1 2000/08/18 18:29:19 ume Exp $
#
# Host Database
# This file should contain the addresses and aliases
# for local hosts that share this file.
# In the presence of the domain name service or NIS, this file may
# not be consulted at all; see /etc/host.conf for the resolution order.
#
#
::1                     localhost localhost.my.domain myname.my.domain
127.0.0.1               localhost localhost.my.domain myname.my.domain
#
# Imaginary network.
 :

what does ::1 do/or mean?


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