Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:39:30 -0600 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: "Eugene M. Zheganin" <emz@norma.perm.ru> Cc: freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: routes via lo0 Message-ID: <CAOtMX2inn-nMFi-U4zPkfH6XQ4xTXffmRPkKboDixs80S7OHAQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55829811.3010802@norma.perm.ru> References: <55829811.3010802@norma.perm.ru>
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I don't know. But I do know that if you delete the lo0 route, then you can't talk to services running on localhost. On a system with multiple fibs, that might conceivably be useful. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 4:06 AM, Eugene M. Zheganin <emz@norma.perm.ru> wrote: > Hi. > > Why we still have this anachronism - routes via lo0 even for ethernet > interfaces ? Seems like no other modern OS has such antiquities. > > Eugene. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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