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Unicast Use of the Formerly Special-Cased 127/8
draft-schoen-intarea-unicast-127-08

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Authors Seth David Schoen , John IETF Gilmore , David M. Täht
Last updated 2025-12-25 (Latest revision 2025-06-23)
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Abstract

This document redefines the IPv4 local loopback network as consisting only of the 65,536 addresses 127.0.0.0 to 127.0.255.255 (127.0.0.0/16). It asks implementers to make addresses in the prior loopback range 127.1.0.0 to 127.255.255.255 fully usable for unicast use on the Internet.

Authors

Seth David Schoen
John IETF Gilmore
David M. Täht

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