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Just did that on my mac and it seems to work? $ ping hello.localhost PING hello.localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_

by oulipo 2y ago

Just did that on my mac and it seems to work? $ ping hello.localhost PING hello.localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.162 ms

Shywim 2y ago
Not for me, MacOS 15.4: $ ping hello.localhost ping: cannot resolve hello.localhost: Unknown host
- fimdomeio 2y ago
  I think I had mixed results on mac depending on the network I was connected to. I think it has something to do with ipv4 vs ipv6
  - g0db1t 2y ago
    Ironically for me it works on my MacOS laptop but not on my Debian 12 VPS
tedunangst 2y ago
That's because your DNS server sends back 127.0.0.1. The query isn't resolved locally.