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+# any loopback address imaginable under the sun
+127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.local localhost.localdomain
+::1 localhost localhost.local localhost.localdomain ip6-localhost ip6-localhost.local ip6-localhost.localdomain ip6-loopback ip6-loopback.local ip6-loopback.localdomain
+
+# Debian wants this for some cases where software wants a non-loopback address
+# but we still don't want to rely on external DNS
+127.0.1.1 REPLACE_WITH_FQDN REPLACE_WITH_HOSTNAME
+
+# If we *do* have an external FQDN …
+#REPLACE_WITH_EXTERNAL_IP REPLACE_WITH_FQDN REPLACE_WITH_HOSTNAME