> > Before reading the article, I would have assumed for example that 127.1 would be 127.1.0.0, not 127.0.0.1.
> But then it wouldn't be a valid IP.
127.1.0.0 is a perfectly valid IP address. The loopback range is a /8.
> But then it wouldn't be a valid IP.
127.1.0.0 is a perfectly valid IP address. The loopback range is a /8.