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October 29th 08, 06:50 PM
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What is loopback pseudo-interface?
Well I've done some limited searching on the net and I only get instances of people using the term when defining some network problem. I couldn't find a description of exactly what is is? Anyone? -- Squa190 
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October 30th 08, 08:14 PM
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What is loopback pseudo-interface?
On 2008-10-29, Squa190 wrote:
Well I've done some limited searching on the net and I only get instances of people using the term when defining some network problem. I couldn't find a description of exactly what is is? Anyone? It's a virtual interface on your own computer, by convention assigned to 127.0.0.1 If you have a hosts file, you may find this address assigned to the name "localhost" and/or "localhost.localdomain" You can test it by e.g. "ping 127.0.0.1" or "ping localhost" You can put it to use running e.g. a caching nameserver on your computer to speed up DNS lookups, a web proxy to cache (squid), filter (privoxy), or anonymize (tor) your web traffic, &etc. -- John ) ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
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