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From: rick@SEISMO.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  LOOPBACK Net Number
Message-ID: <8805261543.AA28102@beno.CSS.GOV>
Date: 26 May 88 15:43:30 GMT
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If it's an "official" number, why doesn't it appear in hosts.txt and
the domain servers?

It would save a lot of people the hassle of configuring it in
their local systems as a special case.

--rick