Re: pre-connect and smtp ?

[Brian Stafford <brian stafford uklinux net>]

On Mon, 20 August 13:43 Carlos Morgado wrote:
> 
> On 2001.08.20 12:20:43 +0100 Ali Akcaagac wrote:
> > On 2001.08.20 10:42:46 +0200 M . Thielker wrote:
> > > Well, that's true only for other users on the local host. The listening
> > port
> > > is always bound to 127.0.0.1. This is not an option, it's hardcoded. So,
> > > only processes on the local host can use the tunnel.
> > 
> > localhost is everything from 127.0.0.1 - 127.0.0.255, so hardcoding
> > 127.0.0.1
> > is a bad idea imo.
> > 
> localhost is what's defined on /etc/hosts
> 
> localhost = 127.0.0.1
> localnet = 127/8 (not /24 like you said)

Actually localhost == 127.0.0.1 is a normative requirement. I forget the RFC
number - there are so many.  Name servers are required to resolve localhost
to 127.0.0.1.  So hard coding this particular case is no big deal.

Brian