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Author	flox
Recipients	flox, ned.deily, pitrou
Date	2012-07-08.08:45:13
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Something like 127.42.42.42 might be more reliable, because it does not depend on the LAN configuration, only on the local loopback settings. It is in 127.0.0.0/8 but not in 127.0.0.0/32. Tested OK here. 127.0.0.0/8 - This block is assigned for use as the Internet host loopback address. A datagram sent by a higher-level protocol to an address anywhere within this block loops back inside the host. This is ordinarily implemented using only 127.0.0.1/32 for loopback. As described in [RFC1122], Section 3.2.1.3, addresses within the entire 127.0.0.0/8 block do not legitimately appear on any network anywhere. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735#section-3

Something like 127.42.42.42 might be more reliable, because it does not depend on the LAN configuration, only on the local loopback settings.
It is in 127.0.0.0/8 but not in 127.0.0.0/32.
Tested OK here.


127.0.0.0/8 - This block is assigned for use as the Internet host
   loopback address.  A datagram sent by a higher-level protocol to an
   address anywhere within this block loops back inside the host.  This
   is ordinarily implemented using only 127.0.0.1/32 for loopback.  As
   described in [RFC1122], Section 3.2.1.3, addresses within the entire
   127.0.0.0/8 block do not legitimately appear on any network anywhere.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735#section-3

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