Re: IP Addresses: 127

From: Shawn Bayern (shawn.bayern@yale.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2000 - 00:54:57 EST

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On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Sasha Oblak wrote:

> This leaves 127 open. I know that 127.0.0.1 stands for localhost, but
> what do the other thousands of numbers starting with 127 mean?

Great question. Unfortunately, the answer's disappointing. They're all
reserved for loopback. (That is, traffic to them should never appear on a
real network.)

Shawn

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