Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 17:12:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org> To: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: loopback not working for anything other than 127.0.0.1 Message-ID: <20010923170355.N36356-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> In-Reply-To: <006301c1448a$78fa4dd0$0a01a8c0@den2>
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Juha Saarinen wrote: > I thought about some of the things mentioned in that thread, and having > the ability to use some of the 127/8 addresses could actually be useful. > Is it possible to create aliases for the loopback interface? yes, ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffffff alias works just fine. i do agree, though, that the lack of a route for 127/8 does seem to break the RFC. it states that 127/8 isn't supposed to leave the host, but: # tcpdump host 127.1.1.1 tcpdump: listening on fxp0 17:11:49.048088 192.168.69.11 > 127.1.1.1: icmp: echo request 17:11:50.053303 192.168.69.11 > 127.1.1.1: icmp: echo request 17:11:51.063315 192.168.69.11 > 127.1.1.1: icmp: echo request clearly they do. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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