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@wataash wataash commented Aug 4, 2019

127.0.0.1/8 refers to only a single IPv4 address "127.0.0.1" that have the subnet mask 255.255.255.0, but doesn't to 127.0.0.2.
127.0.0.0/8, which is the exact definition of the loopback addresses [1][2], includes what the regex says (127.0.0.0-127.255.255.255).

@wataash wataash changed the title Fix notation of loopback addresses Fix notations of loopback addresses Aug 4, 2019
127.0.0.1/8 refers to only a single IPv4 address "127.0.0.1" that have
the subnet mask 255.255.255.0, but doesn't to 127.0.0.2.
127.0.0.0/8, which is the exact definition of the loopback addresses
[1][2], includes what the regex says (127.0.0.0-127.255.255.255).

[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1122
[2] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6890
@bugzpodder bugzpodder added this to the 3.2 milestone Aug 11, 2019
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iansu commented Oct 23, 2019

Thanks!

@iansu iansu merged commit 5ea3b34 into facebook:master Oct 23, 2019
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