Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-network and loopback

2022-09-10 Thread Andrea Pappacoda
Il giorno ven 9 set 2022 alle 23:57:27 +03:00:00, Mantas Mikulėnas ha scritto: It's useful when you want the `lo` interface to have a custom [Address] or two. Routers often have an address assigned that's supposed to be independent from any "physical" interface – on Linux it could be assigne

Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-network and loopback

2022-09-09 Thread Mantas Mikulėnas
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 11:36 PM Andrea Pappacoda wrote: > Il giorno ven 9 set 2022 alle 12:17:42 -05:00:00, Greg Oliver > ha scritto: > > Well, easiest to explain is user apps that use tcp or udp sockets to > > communicate. If they are on the same host, then huge gains can be > > achieved by us

Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-network and loopback

2022-09-09 Thread Andrea Pappacoda
Il giorno ven 9 set 2022 alle 12:17:42 -05:00:00, Greg Oliver ha scritto: Well, easiest to explain is user apps that use tcp or udp sockets to communicate. If they are on the same host, then huge gains can be achieved by using the loopback adapter (especially TCP comms). Thanks, but again, i

Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-network and loopback

2022-09-09 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 12:17:42PM -0500, Greg Oliver wrote: > Il giorno ven 9 set 2022 alle 17:37:14 +02:00:00, Lennart Poettering > <[2][email protected]> ha scritto: > > People sometimes route stuff onto the loopback device in addition to > > the the usual [3]127.0.0.0/8

Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-network and loopback

2022-09-09 Thread Greg Oliver
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 10:40 AM Andrea Pappacoda wr > Il giorno ven 9 set 2022 alle 17:37:14 +02:00:00, Lennart Poettering > ha scritto: > > People sometimes route stuff onto the loopback device in addition to > > the the usual 127.0.0.0/8 traffic so that it ends up on local sockets. > > Thanks

Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-network and loopback

2022-09-09 Thread Andrea Pappacoda
Il giorno ven 9 set 2022 alle 17:37:14 +02:00:00, Lennart Poettering ha scritto: People sometimes route stuff onto the loopback device in addition to the the usual 127.0.0.0/8 traffic so that it ends up on local sockets. Thanks for the reply, but I don't fully understand the implications of t

Re: [systemd-devel] systemd-network and loopback

2022-09-09 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Fr, 09.09.22 14:45, Andrea Pappacoda ([email protected]) wrote: > Hi all, > > yesterday I was playing a bit with systemd-network, and I noticed that it is > possible for it to manage the loopback interface. Is it useful in any way? > Should the loopback interface be managed in systems where s