This never happened prior to installation and running of freenet. Are you saying that 127.0.0.1 is actually a virtual machine ip address and does not exist in real time?
> [Original Message] > From: Mika Hirvonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 6/23/04 12:30:41 PM > Subject: Re: local host > > Robert Greenage writes: > > > All my programs are trying to access the internet through 127.0.0.1. This > > 127.0.0.1 is the address for localhost, so there's no need to worry. > 127.0.0.1 is a special address which always refers to your computer, so no > data is going to any of the three-letter agencies. Localhost is usually used > for testing and connecting to local proxies and tunnels. > > > occurs even though freenet is not running,I have removed all proxy > > configurations from my browsers..mozilla,firefox,netscape and even ie( > > which I use for windows updates). I am using 98SE,192 RAM, PIII 500MZ, 10 > > gig hdd(master) and a 30 gig hdd(slave). Modem connection. How can I stop > > this from occuring? Anyone have any thoughts? This does lend itself to > > Traffic to and from localhost is normal. > > -- > Mika Hirvonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://nightwatch.mine.nu/ _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
