Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:40:50 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: loopback not working for anything other than 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <200109232040.f8NKeoR13940@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:08:33 %2B1200." <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109240807300.10108-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org>
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> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:08:33 +1200 (NZST)
> From: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>
>
> Just for reference, which RFC deals with this? I'd be interested to know.
I don't think any RFC actually calls for this, but 1122 is probably
the relevant reference. From 3.2.1.3:
(g) { 127, <any> }
Internal host loopback address. Addresses of this form
MUST NOT appear outside a host.
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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