> So, I just debugged a majorly annoying problem doing port forwarding with > SSH. Thanks to some creative Googling, I realized I had a weird entry in > my hosts file. What does this "::1" entry mean? > > #::1 localhost localhost.my.domain
It's an entry for IPv6, and it is commented out (not used). ::1 is the IP for localhost with IPv6, exactly the same as 127.0.0.1 is for v4. Steve > > -Clint > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
