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From: MKL@SRI-NIC.ARPA (Mark Lottor)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: LOOPBACK Net Number
Message-ID: <12399897330.45.MKL@SRI-NIC.ARPA>
Date: 20 May 88 20:30:24 GMT
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RFC 1009 defines the standard loopback address as {127,any} for
the {net,host} pair.
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