-> You say that a client will not allow you to use net 10. -> OK, but, the same client would not allow you to use 127/8 because they -> use -> it! -> What I'm saying is that 10.0.0.0/8 and 127.0.0.0/8 are the same. The -> customer can use them. -> You assume that the client will not use 127/8. Why? This is wrong. -> You can use it, the client can use it. -> No. If the client uses 127/8 on a linux box, it is just a loopback and will never go out on the wire and the applications (i.e. telnet, ftp, ping, whatever) will just loopback. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
