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Re: do I need the IPv4 protocol?



on Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 11:59:54AM -0500, dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 01:59:22PM -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> | Hi!
> | In order to use networking in a LAN do I need the IPv4 protocol?
> 
> Not necessarily.  

Yes, absolutely.

localhost is given in IPv4.  There's an awful lot of networking that
happens on localhost.  X for starters.

Unix and networking are pretty much joined at the hip, head, toe, and
everywhere in between.

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