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Pedro1 · 23-06-2007, 18:45

127.0.0.1 is the standard IP address used for a loopback network connection.

This means that if you try to connect to 127.0.0.1, you are immediately looped back to your own machine.

If you telnet, ftp, etc... to 127.0.0.1, you are connected to your own machine.

In other words, 127.0.0.1 is you.

23-06-2007, 18:45	#2
Pedro1 Inactive Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 400	Re: Loopback Traffic 127.0.0.1 is the standard IP address used for a loopback network connection. This means that if you try to connect to 127.0.0.1, you are immediately looped back to your own machine. If you telnet, ftp, etc... to 127.0.0.1, you are connected to your own machine. In other words, 127.0.0.1 is you.