From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 02:51:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC1F106566C for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 02:51:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@xecu.net) Received: from mg5.xecu.net (mg5.xecu.net [216.127.136.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A601B8FC21 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 02:51:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@xecu.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mg5.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F11C2E024F; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:51:46 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at xecu.net Received: from mg5.xecu.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mg5.xecu.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TgjT5aNY7srZ; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:51:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from shell.xecu.net (shell.xecu.net [216.127.136.216]) by mg5.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A7432E0239; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:51:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:51:44 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Dills To: "Chris H." In-Reply-To: <20080303174335.xzd80uz0so48o8sk@webmail.1command.com> Message-ID: <20080303214847.E63813@shell.xecu.net> References: <20080303174335.xzd80uz0so48o8sk@webmail.1command.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's new on the 127.0.0/24 block in 7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:51:47 -0000 On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Chris H. wrote: > Greetings, > I'm having some difficulty working with anything past 127.0.0.1. > It seems impossible to use (create) any addresses on the "loopback" > past 127.0.0.1. > More specifically; I installed rbldnsd from ports, and it worked quite > well on a 6.x install. However, attempting the same config/install on > a 7-RC3 install yields the inability to bind/create 127.0.0.2, or > 127.0.0.3 for rbldnsd to answer on - all queries are refused. The > same pinging/digging, etc. > > The 2 servers have /exactly/ the same net setups, and DNS/rbldnsd > configs. Yet no joy on the RELENG_7 box. So it /appears/ something > in this area has changed since 6. But I'm unable to discover any > info on it. > > Thank you for all your time and consideration. What subnet mask did you use when creating the 127.0.0.2 (etc) interfaces on lo0? On 7.0-R, I just ifconfig'ed 127.0.0.2 as an alias to lo0 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.255, and I was able to bind/listen/accept on it with no problem. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---