I know it is possible to bring down lo interface by doing ifconfig lo down
. But is it possible to configure the kernel that the lo interface will simply not be available? Please note that I don't want to remove kernel source code or disable the entire tcp/ip stack.
Note that this is entirely a technicality question. I know one needs the interface and a lot of bad things will happen to my machine. But I'd still like to know if it's possible at all.