Re: localhost = loopback

[mike808 <mike808@users.sourceforge.net>]

On Thursday 05 September 2002 09:20 am, you wrote:
> Does anyone know why Linux opts to put a localhost entry in /etc/hosts
> using the loopback address even when an e0 is configured? I'm asking
> because I've seen BSD distros use the real ethernet assigned address and
> was curious as to the rationale for using the loop.

Um. For applications that use a meatspace hostname of "localhost". 
*something* has to turn that "name" into an IP address. And there's no such 
beast in the DNS tree, unless it's a hardcoded response in the resolver 
libraries, which would, IMHO, be an incredibly dumb idea. So, it goes into 
/etc/hosts.

Mike808/
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