Today we will learn about loopback addresses that can be reached from the outside via routing. This is useful for running services on a router In a previous post, I talked about the loopback interface and how we can locally bind services to any address in the range 127.0.
Old article I found in my bookmarks. Although I didn’t have the use for it, I thought it was interesting.
This is a great explanation and probably the best one I’ve read… ever?
(Without referring to a 400 page Cisco book)
Agreed 100%. I’m a layer 7 guy because I’ve always struggled with that voodoo but hot damn that’s an easily digestible write-up.