> | > If a programmer decides on behalf of the user that "localhost" should > | > be treated specially, that programmer is making an error. > | > | Inter-process TCP/IP communication between two processes on the same > | host invariably uses the loopback interface (network 127.0.0.0). > | According to standards, all addresses in that network space refer to the > | local host, though 127.0.0.1 is conventionally used. > | > | The transmit driver for the loopback interface receives a datagram from > | the local network layer and immediately announces its reception back to > | the local network layer. > > Are you saying, in that first paragraph, that if for example I telnet to > my local host's external IP address, to a service that bound explicitly to > the external interface -- I'll actually be going through the loopback > interface anyway, invariably regardless of host network implementation?
On linux at least, this is true, yes. -- damjan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
