Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 12:09:57 +1100 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: doug@safeport.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about /etc/hosts in 4.2-beta Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011171208330.25003-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011161508300.6139-100000@pemaquid.safeport.com>
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 doug@safeport.com wrote:
> # $FreeBSD: src/etc/hosts,v 1.11.2.1 2000/08/18 18:29:19 ume Exp $
> #
> # Host Database
> # This file should contain the addresses and aliases
> # for local hosts that share this file.
> # In the presence of the domain name service or NIS, this file may
> # not be consulted at all; see /etc/host.conf for the resolution order.
> #
> #
> ::1 localhost localhost.my.domain myname.my.domain
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain myname.my.domain
> #
> # Imaginary network.
> :
>
> what does ::1 do/or mean?
>
Its the IPv6 address for your localhost... 'man 4 kame' for an intro.
>
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