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Re: localhost = loopback

To: luci-discuss@luci.org
Subject: Re: localhost = loopback
From: Denny Reiter <denny@scapegoats.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:34:57 -0500
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On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 09:20:47AM -0500, Charles Menzes wrote:
> Does anyone know why Linux opts to put a localhost entry in /etc/hosts 
> using the loopback address even when an e0 is configured? I'm asking 
> because I've seen BSD distros use the real ethernet assigned address and 
> was curious as to the rationale for using the loop.
> 
> thanks -c

Which ones?  FreeBSD doesn't do this, and I don't remember NetBSD
doing it either.  I can't think of any advantage to it.

denny

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