[freenet-support] Re: local host

2004-06-23 Thread Mika Hirvonen
Robert Greenage writes: All my programs are trying to access the internet through 127.0.0.1. This 127.0.0.1 is the address for localhost, so there's no need to worry. 127.0.0.1 is a special address which always refers to your computer, so no data is going to any of the three-letter agencies.

[freenet-support] Re: local host

2004-06-23 Thread Robert Greenage
This never happened prior to installation and running of freenet. Are you saying that 127.0.0.1 is actually a virtual machine ip address and does not exist in real time? [Original Message] From: Mika Hirvonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Support [EMAIL

Re: [freenet-support] Re: local host

2004-06-23 Thread Phillip Hutchings
On 24/06/2004, at 1:01 AM, Robert Greenage wrote: This never happened prior to installation and running of freenet. Are you saying that 127.0.0.1 is actually a virtual machine ip address and does not exist in real time? 127.0.0.1 definitely exists! It's sitting in front of you! 127.0.0.1 ALWAYS

[freenet-support] Re: local host

2004-06-23 Thread Mika Hirvonen
Robert Greenage writes: This never happened prior to installation and running of freenet. Are you saying that 127.0.0.1 is actually a virtual machine ip address and does not exist in real time? Yes. Every computer that supports TCP/IP has the same localhost address (127.0.0.1), and even if you