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Localhost is an address/term used for testing connection to the local host (current computer) used for some network troubleshooting

localhost (all lowercase) (meaning this computer in computer networking) and is the standard hostname given to the loopback network interface.

IPv4

Under IPv4 the standard localhost address is normally assigned to:

127.0.0.1

IPv6

In full notation, the address under IPv6 is:

0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
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How to connect to a service on a local network machine whch which only listens to localhost?

I have a service which only listens to localhost on port 7400. There is a service running on a windows and an ubuntu machine on a private network. How can another computer on the same network communicate with those services? I have read that…
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postfix allow localhost only local users

I have a little problem. I am offering some clients access to my server in order to execute own scripts (of course in their own chroot environment, etc...). The problem which occured today: Some people gain telnet access to localhost on port 25 and…
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What is the 'play' host?

I tested the following on a Ubuntu machine. The command ping play results in PING play (127.0.53.53) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 127.0.53.53: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.029 ms 64 bytes from 127.0.53.53: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.036 ms 64…
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How to set up Apache2 on different local development environments to use the same artificial host name?

I have two development environments: PC at work (env1), laptop at home (env2). Both machines run Ubuntu 15.10 with Apache 2.4.12. Once finished, the project shall be deployed to a public web server (env3). I use Git for version control and…
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How to map apache to use an index file inside another directory in www/html/ without reflecting on url

Apache version: 2.4 OS: Ubuntu 14.04 I am not sure whether I wrote the heading correctly. My index file is located at some directory (say /var/www/html/new/ ) rather than the default apache root. I want apache to load the index file from this…
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dnsmasq causes "Bad request syntax"

I need to wildcard localhost for dev purpose and I'm really green on dns and network things. With wildcard localhost I mean that I need to test my python and node.js applications with: localhost.dev, test.localhost.dev, etc. I've followed this…
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Mongoose hang waiting for localhost

I'm using Mongoose on Windows 10, localhost is unreliable. I have tried almost all hosts file combination possible. I have tried almost all qualified names for localhost. Most of the time it just hangs forever. ping localhost works fine. This is a…
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ssh bind address through multiple hosts

I'm trying to ssh through multiple hosts which works with no problems like so: ssh -t -t user1@host1 ssh -t -t -p 222 user2@host2 Now I would like to use local host for access to a third host and I do it like so: ssh -L 2222:host3:22 -t -t…
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Can't reach 127.0.0.1 via Browser(Windows Server 2012R2)

On a Windows Server 2012R2 I can't open the local hosted site via 127.0.0.1, via localhost works. Ping of 127.0.0.1 works also. On a Windows Server 2008R2 it works without any Problems. What could cause this issue?
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Cannot access Apache 2 virtual host on localhost

I originally set my web root in /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf to point to /home/me/www. Due to the requirements of a new project, I need to be able to set /home/me/www/vendor/www as its own virtual host as any local directory cruft…
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how to find proces which is pinging localhost

How can you find the process issuing ping to localhost? While it is not script, where the ping command can be simply grep from process table. I have used wireshark, but it is of no help to find out which process actually causing the ping. Many…
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Local IIS webpage address is IP:PORT - How can i have it set to something more human readable, like teehut.com, on my local network?

I am running windows 7 - installed IIS and created a new site. I set this site to run on port 8080. Currently, if i visit http://192.168.2.150:8080/ or localhost:8080, i can hit my site. Other computers on the network can hit my site if they go to…
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localhost as computer name

When you set up Windows it requires a computer name, something like Steven-PC. This is the equivalent to hostname on Linux. I noticed that Fedora Linux uses localhost as the default hostname. Would using localhost as a computer name cause any…
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Can a router block localhost (127.0.0.1) traffic on a server?

Our web server was just switched to a V-LAN with some very strict firewall rules. Basically they closed every inbound and outbound port unless we specifically needed it. We have some services running locally on the server that handle requests on…
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Can't reach iis server via external ip

I am using aws from amazon and I have iis intalled on my server. I have created a test site but I can't reach it using external ip address. It is only reachable throught http://localhost- and 10.0.241.77 the local ip. How can I make iis run on…
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