RE: Do you know the TCP stack? (127.x.x.x routing)

["Steve Iribarne" <steve.iribarne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-> You say that a client will not allow you to use net 10.
-> OK, but, the same client would not allow you to use 127/8 because
they
-> use
-> it!
-> What I'm saying is that 10.0.0.0/8 and 127.0.0.0/8 are the same. The
-> customer can use them.
-> You assume that the client will not use 127/8. Why? This is wrong.
-> You can use it, the client can use it.
-> 

No.  If the client uses 127/8 on a linux box, it is just a loopback and
will never go out on the wire and the applications (i.e. telnet, ftp,
ping, whatever) will just loopback.