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Everyone here and TFA talk about 127.0.0.1 (a.k.a localhost), but the entire 127.0.0.0/8 subnet is routed to the local machine - does anyone here know how the b
by beagle3 8y ago
Everyone here and TFA talk about 127.0.0.1 (a.k.a localhost), but the entire 127.0.0.0/8 subnet is routed to the local machine - does anyone here know how the browsers treat the other addresses?
Do they compare to 127.0.0.1? to 127.0.0.0/8? Do they consult the routing table?