Hi,
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 11:55:54AM -0700, Chip Smith wrote:
> convention as it pertains to the 127.0.0.1 iIP address is that it
> is meant to be used for testing purposes on a whole.
I am quite sure that plenty of production traffic goes over
localhost network connections on millions of serv
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:49:58PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM Greg Wooledge
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:40:38PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM Paul M Foster
> > > > wrote
Thr n convention as it pertains to the 127.0.0.1 iIP address is that it
is meant to be used for testing purposes on a whole.
Moore information may be found in the links below.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1085
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1918
On 5/24/24 10:07, Paul M Foster w
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:49:58PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:40:38PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM Paul M Foster
> > > wrote:
> > > > 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.l
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:40:38PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM Paul M Foster
> > wrote:
> > > 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
>
> > 127.0.1.1 is traditionally used for the fully qualified
On Fri 24 May 2024 at 13:40:38 (-0400), Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM Paul M Foster
> wrote:
> >
> > Folks:
> >
> > In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line:
> >
> > 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
> >
> > I think Debian put it there.
> >
> > Later in the file, I've g
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 01:40:38PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM Paul M Foster
> wrote:
> > 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
> 127.0.1.1 is traditionally used for the fully qualified domain name
> (fqdn). So I would expect to see 'yosemite.mars.lan',
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM Paul M Foster wrote:
>
> Folks:
>
> In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line:
>
> 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
>
> I think Debian put it there.
>
> Later in the file, I've got:
>
> 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
>
> So there are two entries for t
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 05:22:13PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> Long ago, lo used to be just 127.0.0.1, which is what most people would
> try to ping to check localhost, and what appeared in /etc/hosts. There
> is some subtle reason, which I used to know but have now long forgotten,
> why Debian started usi
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 05:23:55PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> On Fri, 24 May 2024 17:17:45 +0200
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 04:49:18PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > If you operate mail servers, you must have a FQDN. .lan can't be
> > > used for the global DNS stuff, so
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 05:22:13PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> On Fri, 24 May 2024 11:40:30 -0400
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 05:22:14PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> > > Am 24.05.2024 um 17:17:45 Uhr schrieb to...@tuxteam.de:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 04:49:18PM +0
On Fri, 24 May 2024 11:40:30 -0400
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 05:22:14PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> > Am 24.05.2024 um 17:17:45 Uhr schrieb to...@tuxteam.de:
> >
> > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 04:49:18PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > If you o
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 11:40:30AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 05:22:14PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> > Am 24.05.2024 um 17:17:45 Uhr schrieb to...@tuxteam.de:
> >
> > > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 04:49:18PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > If you
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 05:22:14PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 24.05.2024 um 17:17:45 Uhr schrieb to...@tuxteam.de:
>
> > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 04:49:18PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > If you operate mail servers, you must have a FQDN. .lan can't be
> > > used for the gl
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 05:22:14PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> Am 24.05.2024 um 17:17:45 Uhr schrieb to...@tuxteam.de:
>
> > On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 04:49:18PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > If you operate mail servers, you must have a FQDN. .lan can't be
> > > used for the gl
Am 24.05.2024 um 17:17:45 Uhr schrieb to...@tuxteam.de:
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 04:49:18PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > If you operate mail servers, you must have a FQDN. .lan can't be
> > used for the global DNS stuff, so set a proper FQDN that belongs to
> > you.
>
> I think
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 04:49:18PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:
[...]
> If you operate mail servers, you must have a FQDN. .lan can't be used
> for the global DNS stuff, so set a proper FQDN that belongs to you.
I think this is wrong in that sweeping generality.
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Am 24.05.2024 um 08:05:43 Uhr schrieb Paul M Foster:
> In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line:
>
> 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
>
> I think Debian put it there.
Should be there so the hostname is resolvable - even when not in DNS.
> Later in the file, I've got:
>
> 192.168.254.30 yose
Paul M Foster wrote:
> Folks:
>
> In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line:
>
> 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
>
> I think Debian put it there.
>
> Later in the file, I've got:
>
> 192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
>
> So there are two entries for the same (my) machine. Is this
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 08:05:43AM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Folks:
>
> In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line:
>
> 127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
>
> I think Debian put it there.
Correct. This is the address that will be used if you don't have a
static LAN address.
> Later in the fi
Folks:
In my /etc/hosts file, there's a line:
127.0.1.1 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
I think Debian put it there.
Later in the file, I've got:
192.168.254.30 yosemite.mars.lan yosemite
So there are two entries for the same (my) machine. Is this a problem?
Specifically, could it cause problem
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