Does localhost need to be in the routing table?

[epicac]

When I use the command "netstat -nr" localhost or 127.0.0.1 does NOT show up in the routing table. I can ping both localhost and 127.0.0.1. I am usíng Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

So my question is does not localhost or 127.0.0.1 need to be in the routing table?

Thank you.

[Compunuts]

Nope. Localhost setting is set in hosts file and it's nonroutable.