On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:35:43 -0800, Steve Iribarne <steve.iribarne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -> 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. > This assumes that the client did not apply the same hack you did. -- Dmitry - : 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
