Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 00:06:08 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: loopback not working for anything other than 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <20010924000608.C1162@clan.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <200109231634.f8NGYwR28149@ptavv.es.net>; from oberman@es.net on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 09:34:58AM -0700 References: <000701c143dc$f7331230$0a01a8c0@den2> <200109231634.f8NGYwR28149@ptavv.es.net>
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--HIPflPGvV5kKjZ73 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 09:34:58AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: "Juha Saarinen" <juha@saarinen.org> > > Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 15:08:06 +1200 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > >=20 > > :: and note that the only ipv4 address listed is '127.0.0.1'. > >=20 > > How come it works under Linux? >=20 > Because the Linux IP stack is horribly broken. (No,this particular > item is only stupid as the result of an anomalous reading of an RFC), > but the over-all TCP/IP stack in some releases is totally hosed. On a related note (I drag this out periodically), why does the interface intialisation code not add a network route for 127/8? See the thread that starts http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3D502857+0+archive/2000/fr= eebsd-hackers/20000402.freebsd-hackers N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --HIPflPGvV5kKjZ73 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjuuauAACgkQk6gHZCw343V3MACeNorL5cH2Ypvj8IweRpwCU/GU TWAAnRgyPLylvPTknMYX3YNI8UVGYl5c =nkEm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HIPflPGvV5kKjZ73-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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