Setting Private adderss on the loopback

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18 years ago

Wed, Nov 30, 2005 1:30 AM

I've seen this setup a couple times, why would you setup a private addess on the loopback interface?

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Matt

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18 years ago

Wed, Nov 30, 2005 2:59 AM

In general? Since it's used for management only (and as Router-IDs), some feel "why burn a real IP address"

Kind of like people using RFC1918 addresses on transit serial links.

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