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Date:      Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:11:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se>
To:        juha@saarinen.org
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: loopback not working for anything other than 127.0.0.1
Message-ID:  <200109232011.f8NKBtr74906@explorer.rsa.com>
References:  <20010922231931.L24981@pir.net> <001201c143de$f4eeb590$0a01a8c0@den2>

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In local.freebsd.stable you write:

>:: Linux does all sorts of things differently from everyone else, why
>:: would this be any different ?

>Just curious... maybe they've got a GNU loopback interface? ;-))
> 
>:: 127.0.0.2 does not respond by default on any UNIX flavor I 
>:: have access
>:: to immediately - FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, OSF1, etc.

>Not on BSDi 4.1 either. 

But on HP/SUX 11.  I wonder what the intended purpose of this
behaviour might be...?

  $.02,
  /Mikko
-- 
 Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com
 RSA Security

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