On Wed, 1 Jun 2022, at 16:27, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
Did you know that the entire range of over 16 million 127.x.x.x addresses are all (currently) considered “loopback” ones that point back to your machine?
Sure, people normally use 127.0.0.1. I just wonder how many have picked others in that range, just for the fun of it, and are going to have their setups broken if/when this goes ahead ...
I've been a network engineer for years, and I never realised that whole /8 was a loopback space! I feel like a goose even admitting it; just one of those absurd things that you miss, I guess. I've definitely seen 127.0.1.1 and 127.0.0.2 in use... so three out of those 16 million are accounted for... E -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es