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    Well, if I understand things, ::1 is the IPv6 equivalent of
    127.0.0.1<br>
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    So you could say the same here.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/01/14 06.39, Jason Hellenthal
      wrote:<br>
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      <div>Wow all this over a lowly 127.0.0.1. Hate to imagine what
        would have happened if it was an AAAA record. Sheesh nuclear
        fallout ? ;-)<br>
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              0.231373);">-- </div>
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              -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227,
              0.231373);"> Jason Hellenthal</div>
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              0.231373);"> Voice: <span
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                0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175,
                192, 227, 0.235294);">95.30.17.6/616</span></div>
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          <div> JJH48-ARIN</div>
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        On Jan 10, 2014, at 23:36, Joseph S D Yao <<a
          moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jsdy@tux.org">jsdy@tux.org</a>>
        wrote:<br>
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        <div><span>On 2014-01-10 15:01, Eduardo Bonsi wrote:</span><br>
          <span>...</span><br>
          <blockquote type="cite"><span>It seems like they have their
              domain configuration A Record pointed</span><br>
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          <blockquote type="cite"><span>to the localhost. We all know
              that the localhost is not routable</span><br>
          </blockquote>
          <blockquote type="cite"><span>outside of the internet.
              Therefore I am sure their website cannot</span><br>
          </blockquote>
          <blockquote type="cite"><span>resolve out of the 127.0.0.1.</span><br>
          </blockquote>
          <blockquote type="cite"><span>In addition to that, it is
              possible that this is happening only here</span><br>
          </blockquote>
          <blockquote type="cite"><span>because of the way our Server
              configuration is setup in the OS X to</span><br>
          </blockquote>
          <blockquote type="cite"><span>bring the resolver to the
              localhost first before it can go out to the</span><br>
          </blockquote>
          <blockquote type="cite"><span>distributed domains/websites
              through the Apache conf.</span><br>
          </blockquote>
          <span>...</span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span>There seems to be a pile of misconceptions here.</span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span>(1) There is no requirement at all that a domain name
            have an A record. It does not have to resolve to an IP
            address at all.  It only has to have an SOA record and an NS
            record (preferably more than one); and not even that, if it
            is a subdomain that is not a separate zone.</span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span>(2) There is no requirement that a domain name refer to
            the Web site for that domain.  I personally don't like that
            (for no special reason), and neither apparently does the
            owner of this domain, who forces people to go to the trouble
            of typing in <a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://www.p3net.net">www.p3net.net</a> to get to
            his or her Web site.  Incidentally, there is no requirement
            that the domain name refer to a mail server, either (which
            used to be common before the Web existed), or to an FTP
            server, or to a Telnet server, or to a nuclear reactor
            control device.  Or to anything.</span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span>(3) However, any name MAY resolve to any IP address,
            routable or not.  That doesn't mean there's anything useful,
            or even related to that domain, at that IP address.</span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span>(4) "127.0.0.1" is the IP equivalent of the English
            language word "me". If I say, "me", I am referring to
            myself.  If you say, "me", you are referring to yourself.
             It cannot be used to direct anyone to somewhere else.  In
            fact, some use it to deflect probers AWAY from themselves,
            and back on the prober's own server.  (E.g., if I wanted to
            probe "<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://p3net.net">p3net.net</a>",
            my server would be probing itself!)</span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span>(5) 127.0.0.1 is not among the IP addresses mislabeled
            as "unroutable". It is always routable.  To right here.
             Well, for you, right there.</span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span>(6) Just because OS X has 127.0.0.1 as the resolver has
            no effect on what that resolver returns.  Don't confuse the
            concepts.</span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span>I think there were some others, but it's getting late.</span><br>
          <span></span><br>
          <span>Joe Yao</span><br>
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