8 Mar
2011
8 Mar
'11
5:10 a.m.
On 03/07/2011 08:21 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
That said, it can be problematic when you "ping $HOSTNAME" and get a valid 127.0.0.1 response, and haven't actually tested your external port. It also requires thought for configuring SSH and SNMP and NFS to allow localhost access.
When you ping the IP address of your external link, that packet gets short-circuited in the kernel and never goes to the physical port, so you aren't testing your external port for that case either.
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