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[Mark Haney]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Mark Haney wrote:
> 
>> NoOp wrote:
>>
>>>> With that said, I still think it's silly to do that.  Back in the day
>>>> (like '93/4) that was considered taboo.  So I don't do it.
>>> Cite please.
>> Cite what?  Do I need to cite anything?  I'm not even sure I could pull
>> up the list discussion I was on at the time.
> 
> Well, yeah.  If you're telling people that something that is rock-solid
> standard on their system is a bad idea, it makes sense to be able to
> explain _why_ it's a bad idea.  I just can't imagine any reason it could
> _ever_ have been a problem

Honestly. I can't remember why it's taboo.  (Not necessarily a bad idea, 
I do rescind that, it was not the proper thing to say.)  I just remember 
  hearing that /nothing/ gets setup under 127.x.x.x except for the 
loopback at 127.0.0.1.

It's possible it hd something to do with early TCP/IP stacks, netBIOS or 
something.  I've been wracking my brains trying to remember.

> 
> Server configurations would hardly be likely to need it, would they?

If servers wouldn't need it, why would /any/ system need it?  Can 
someone tell me that?


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