I am being serious here by the way.

From: pj.world at hotmail.com
To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 04:33:04 -0600
Subject: Re: [tclug-list] The cleaner:




Thank you:

paul at desk/paul-Lenovo ~ $ ip addr | grep inet
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
 
Since I am on the topic what is the 127.0.0.1/8 meaning the /8 must mean something right? If I can please ask your knowledge on this?

I thank you for your time,

-   -
paul g

> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 04:20:44 -0600
> From: tclug at freakzilla.com
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] The cleaner:
> 
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2015, paul g wrote:
> 
> > 1. what do/does the line's above labeled 'scope' refer to? I understand that
> > I am not using ipv6 at this point in time.
> 
> "scope host" means that address is only visible to and from that specific 
> host. Basically the the ip address "127.0.0.1" (also known as "localhost") 
> can only be accessed from that specific host. On every UNIX machine, 
> 127.0.0.1 is "this machine I am currently on". You ssh to 127.0.0.1 and 
> the machine you're on will answer. It's basically it's address for itself.
> 
> "scope link", I assume, would mean anything on that link can access it. 
> And "global" would mean it's available globally on your network - but 
> since that's a 192.168.* address it's only available on YOUR netwrok, and 
> not the internet.
> 
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