2011/11/23 Samuel Thibault <sthiba...@debian.org>: >> (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.
Unless I missed something, using a 255.0.0.0 netmask only implies that packets sent to 127.0.0.0/10 are routed through this interface, not that we'll respond to packets in that network (except when their destination address matches our own). -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caofdtxntnorvx7vki6p5atxtym64dzwy_-q44hhn7wkzcxx...@mail.gmail.com