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From: THUFIR HAWAT <hawat.thufir@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] telnet localhost
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:25:11
Message-Id: bf6b6d5c0603270618y64981fcg5a1c9726122e3b4c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] telnet localhost by Jerry McBride
1 On 3/27/06, Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@×××××××.net> wrote:
2 ..
3 > The localhost is not a service.... it's an ip.
4 >
5 > Jerry
6 ..
7
8 Jerry, I'm not understanding the signicance of that. Ping is
9 resolving localhost to the ip, yes?
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11
12 thufir@localhost ~ $
13 thufir@localhost ~ $
14 thufir@localhost ~ $ ping localhost
15 PING hawat.thufir.invalid (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
16 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.invalid (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.084 ms
17 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.invalid (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.072 ms
18 64 bytes from hawat.thufir.invalid (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.077 ms
19
20 --- hawat.thufir.invalid ping statistics ---
21 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms
22 rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.072/0.077/0.084/0.011 ms
23 thufir@localhost ~ $ telnet localhost
24 Trying 127.0.0.1...
25 telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
26 thufir@localhost ~ $ telnet 127.0.0.1
27 Trying 127.0.0.1...
28 telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
29 thufir@localhost ~ $ date
30
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32
33 thanks,
34
35 Thufir
36
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Re: [gentoo-user] telnet localhost Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>