G gamerex Posts: 150 +0 Aug 18, 2008 #1 The most common IP I know about is 127.0.0.1 What is the deal with this IP?
K kimsland Posts: 13,806 +3 Aug 18, 2008 #2 localhost (ie your computer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost
D DelJo63 Aug 19, 2008 #3 the Loopback address (127.0.0.1) is always internal to you machine: you can NOT access other systems with this address and other systems can not access this address on your machine. but any process on your machine can use it Normally our email readers access the Postoffice like Code: [emailClient]<--> pop3.domain.com (port 110) [postoffice] but many email scanners are implemented: Code: [emailClient]<-->127.0.0.1(port 110) [emailScanner]<-->pop3.domain.com (port 110) [postoffice]
the Loopback address (127.0.0.1) is always internal to you machine: you can NOT access other systems with this address and other systems can not access this address on your machine. but any process on your machine can use it Normally our email readers access the Postoffice like Code: [emailClient]<--> pop3.domain.com (port 110) [postoffice] but many email scanners are implemented: Code: [emailClient]<-->127.0.0.1(port 110) [emailScanner]<-->pop3.domain.com (port 110) [postoffice]
