> > Before reading the article, I would have assumed for example that 127.1 would be 127.1.0.0, not 127.0.0.1. > But then it wouldn't be a valid IP. 127.1.0.0

> > Before reading the article, I would have assumed for example that 127.1 would be 127.1.0.0, not 127.0.0.1. > But then it wouldn't be a valid IP. 127.1.0.0 is a perfectly valid IP address. The loopback range is a /8.