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The name localhost is a commonly defined hostname for the loopback interface in most TCP/IP systems, resolving to the IP addresses 127.0.0.1 in IPv4 and ::1 for IPv6.As a top-level domain, the name has traditionally been defined statically in host DNS implementations with address records (A and AAAA) pointing to the same loopback addresses.
In computer networking, localhost is a hostname that refers to the current computer used to access it. The name localhost is reserved for loopback purposes. [1] It is used to access the network services that are running on the host via the loopback network interface.
The Field Names, Header Fields and Repository of Provisional Registrations are maintained by the IANA. Additional field names and permissible values may be defined by each application. Header field names are case-insensitive. [4] This is in contrast to HTTP method names (GET, POST, etc.), which are case-sensitive. [5]
The hosts file is one of several system facilities that assists in addressing network nodes in a computer network. It is a common part of an operating system's Internet Protocol (IP) implementation, and serves the function of translating human-friendly hostnames into numeric protocol addresses, called IP addresses, that identify and locate a host in an IP network.
It points to 5.113.0.203.blocklist.example, which resolves to 127.0.0.1. The address 203.0.113.6 is not block-listed and points to 6.113.0.203.blocklist.example. This hostname is either not configured, or resolves to 127.0.0.2. E-mail servers can query blocklist.example to find out if a specific host connecting to them is in the block list.
Special address blocks Address block Address range Number of addresses Scope Description 0.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0–0.255.255.255 16 777 216: Software Current (local, "this") network [1]
The former (using an interface name) is customary on most Unix-like operating systems (e.g., BSD, Linux, macOS). [12] The latter (using an interface number) is the only syntax on Microsoft Windows , but as support for this syntax is mandatory per standard, it is also available on other operating systems.
The format of a zone file is defined in RFC 1035 (section 5) and RFC 1034 (section 3.6.1). This format was originally used by the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) software package, but has been widely adopted by other DNS server software – though some of them (e.g. NSD, PowerDNS) are using the zone files only as a starting point to compile them into database format, see also Microsoft ...