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Re:Deprecate 0.0.0.0 for Private Network Access by marcosdumay on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @04:13PM (#41184920)
It's not a valid machine address. It's a shortcut that, for example, if you are in the 10.0.0.0/8 network, you can use 0.0.0.1 to refer to 10.0.0.1.
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Re:Deprecate 0.0.0.0 for Private Network Access by BenjiWiebe on Thursday August 08, 2024 @02:08PM (#41194504)
How come this doesn't work on my Fedora Linux PC? If I try to ping 0.0.0.1 it just tries to ping 0.0.0.1 which doesn't respond as it doesn't exist.
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Re:Deprecate 0.0.0.0 for Private Network Access by emptiestplace on Friday August 09, 2024 @12:14AM (#41198717)
Are you /8?
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Re:Deprecate 0.0.0.0 for Private Network Access by BenjiWiebe on Saturday August 10, 2024 @12:56PM (#41210720)
Nope, /24.
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