Robert Millan, le Wed 23 Nov 2011 19:17:16 +0100, a écrit :
> 127.0.1.1 hack introduced in commit 6762701e15829b1857fe252c1de642f8ec00f8a8
> is based on the assumption that when loopback interface is set with
> a 255.0.0.0 netmask, it will identify itself by any address belonging to
> this subnet.  This is true on Linux, but not on kFreeBSD.
> 
> (it remains to be found whether it's true on Hurd pfinet, anyone can
> find out by running "ping 127.0.1.1"?)

Hurd pfinet uses Linux' stack and indeed uses 255.0.0.0.

Samuel



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