From: Steven Black Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:24:02 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Better explanation of why 0.0.0.0 is faster than 127.0.0.1. X-Git-Url: http://git.99rst.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=63ca4051a6e7c4da59a5292e2c0722e12cc3435c;p=stevenblack-hosts.git Better explanation of why 0.0.0.0 is faster than 127.0.0.1. --- diff --git a/readme_template.md b/readme_template.md index e1328eb6f..2ee9a7931 100644 --- a/readme_template.md +++ b/readme_template.md @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ For example, to nullify requests to some doubleclick.net servers, adding these l ## Why use `0.0.0.0` instead of `127.0.0.1`? -Using `0.0.0.0` is faster. +Using `0.0.0.0` is faster because you don't have to wait for a timeout. It also does not interfere with a web server that may be running on the local PC. ## Why not use just `0` instead of `0.0.0.0`? We tried that. Using `0` doesn't work universally.