Refining Core Development Skills
Jun 1, 2021 · Fundamentals
Why Accessing a Local Server via 127.0.0.1 Is Not Faster Than Using the Machine’s Own IP
Accessing a service on the same host using 127.0.0.1 offers no performance advantage over using the host’s own IP address because the Linux kernel routes both destinations through the loopback interface, as demonstrated by source‑code analysis and packet‑capture experiments.
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