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From: braden@VENERA.ISI.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  LOOPBACK Net Number
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Date: 25 May 88 22:20:31 GMT
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	Hmmmm.  Isn't RFC 1009 an obscure place for this information, which is
	relevant to many of us who never need to see the inside of a gateway?
	This deserves mention in "Assigned Numbers," and perhaps in "Address
	Mappings" as well, and certainly in the forthcoming "Requirements for
	Internet Hosts" RFC.
	
Well, when it comes to Internet numbers, I only do what I am told
(Jon Postel is my boss).  However, perhaps I misled you.

If you will turn to the latest Internet Numbers RFC, RFC-1020, you will
find the loopback address defined.  Jon mumbled that he plans to move the
special-number rules back to the Assigned Numbers RFC.

So, yes, you are right.

Bob Braden