Subject: Re: telnet 0
To: Nigel Reed <nigel@nelgin.nu>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: current-users
Date: 11/11/2000 09:23:13
>>In 1.4.2/1.4.3 I used to be able to type
>>  telnet 0
>>and that would connect to my own system. This is true with several
>>other unix platforms.
>>I notice this doesn't work on i386/1.5_ALPHA2
>>Was this accidentally broken, done on purpose or just something wrong
>>with my config?
>	we no longer use inet_aton() for name lookup within telnet (and some
>	other commands).  "0" is ancient IPv6 address notation in
>	classful address form (like 127.1) and should not be used these days...
>	use dot-quad.

	err, s/IPv6/IPv4/ above.

itojun