Re: ipv6 loopback

2020-06-10 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Wed, 2020-06-10 at 12:01 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 10 Jun 2020 at 12:05:57 (-0400), Jim Popovitch wrote: > > Something that has always bugged me (and #debian hasn't yet answered) > > > > What establishes the IPv6 loopback ::1 address, and why is there no ne

Re: ipv6 loopback

2020-06-10 Thread David Wright
On Wed 10 Jun 2020 at 12:05:57 (-0400), Jim Popovitch wrote: > Something that has always bugged me (and #debian hasn't yet answered) > > What establishes the IPv6 loopback ::1 address, and why is there no need > for "iface lo inet6 loopback" in /etc/network/interfac

ipv6 loopback

2020-06-10 Thread Jim Popovitch
Something that has always bugged me (and #debian hasn't yet answered) What establishes the IPv6 loopback ::1 address, and why is there no need for "iface lo inet6 loopback" in /etc/network/interfaces? -Jim P.