Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:19:19 +1200 (NZST) From: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org> To: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.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: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0109241217430.10108-100000@vimfuego.saarinen.org> In-Reply-To: <20010923170355.N36356-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org>
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Lamont Granquist wrote: > yes, > > ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.2 netmask 0xffffffff alias > > works just fine. Ahhh... thanks. > 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. Did you mean '127.0.0.1' above? Also, doesn't the packet dump say that it's seeing ICMP echo requests going to 127.1.1.1, but not actually leaving it? Or am I reading it wrong? -- Regards, Juha To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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