On Thu, 8 May 1997, Vesa Ruokonen wrote:
> In another mail you just sent an update for the localhost
> checking routine as follows:
> if(isInNet(host,"127.0.0.1","255.255.0.0"))
> return "DIRECT".
> Wouldn't it be correct and even more logical to use
> 127.0.0.0 (network base) and mask 255.0.0.0 there?
Yes, you're right ! 127.0.0.1 is an A class address, so its network mask
is in fact 255.0.0.0! But I don't know about 127.0.0.0, I saw many people
using 127.0.0.1 and this tends to be somehow an standard... Perhaps some
guru around here would kindly guide us ?
Thanks for correcting me.
>
> --
> Vesa Ruokonen - Internet Services, Telivo Ltd, Finland
>
Ady (@warp.starnets.ro)
Received on Thu May 08 1997 - 09:14:55 MDT
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