On 01/03/2011 04:08 PM, John Andersen wrote:
On 1/2/2011 4:24 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
127.0.0.1 localhost phoenix
which provides resolution for localhost as well as your hostname on loopback. I have run across several web apps that want to be able to resolve the loopback address with the hostname. The 127.0.0.2 SuSE has used is a hack and there is talk about doing away with it completely.
The 127.0.0.2 is not just specific to opensuse, its been in use since the Pleistocene in several distros. I suspect it might have been necessary at one time or another in the early days.
I have not seen any talk about doing away with it, but the shortage of IP space would certainly apply pressure in that direction (reducing localhost to a /24 instead of a /8).
Any links to such a discussion?
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