[Info-vax] Update to TCP/IP problem with Alpha VMS 8.4

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-04-06 17.43, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article<daf845aa-2c41-4e3c-9688-2d95efc86da7 at do4g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, "vmsmangler at earthlink.net"<vmsmangler at earthlink.net>  writes:
>>
>> Of course localhost is also defined in both files as 127.0.0.0
>
>     Is that a typo?  On all my systems localhost is 127.0.0.1.  IIRC
>     localhost can actually be any number within 120.0.0.0/24 .

The local network is really an A-class network, so the proper definition 
is 127.0.0.0/8

And yes, the previous poster must have been confused. 127.0.0.0 is not a 
legal host address, either if you have 127.0.0.0/8 or 127.0.0.0/24. A 
host part of all zeros or all ones are not allowed.

But really, 127.0.0.0/24 is also a slight misconfiguration, if anyone is 
doing that. Not that it will be important enough to make any practical 
difference...

	Johnny