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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 setup testing environment for local HTTPS website?

I'm developing a web application on a local Ubuntu machine. Some IE8 users have problems with Javascript when the application is loaded over SSL. To debug this issue, I need to reproduce the problem. So I have installed Virtual Box with Windows XP…
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Set up postmaster using Postfix on Ubuntu 14.04

I am in need of serious help. I have been on Google, Stackoverflow, Postfix's website and numerous forums. I am officially stuck, I even tried to replicate another machine's config files. The Problem: I am trying to set up Thunderbird to catch…
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ubuntu 127.0.0.1 not working, going timeout

Today i've restarted my ubuntu 11.04 server and now the 127.0.0.1 is not working anymore, it still loading for a while and then timeout. I've tried to make a traceroute and this is the result traceroute 127.0.0.1 traceroute to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1),…
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tftp times out on localhost

On the same server, I can't connect to my in.tftp over localhost name: $ tftp localhost -c put test.file && echo Sent\! Transfer timed out. $ tftp 127.0.0.1 -c put test.file && echo Sent\! Sent! Does the tftp centos client ignore the hosts file? …
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Can I set up port forwarding to emulate not just a port but another IP address?

I am running a proprietary Windows application which functions like a server. You install the program, and then it broadcasts itself over port 13083. The program is web-based, so it's accessed entirely through the browser. If I enter…
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Bypass IIS Basic Authentication for localhost

I'd like to have a website authenticated with basic auth, but then also allow the website to access itself locally. That is, I want to allow unauthenticated access only from localhost. In IIS I have only basic authentication enabled (not worrying…
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accessing localhost?

i had installed WAMP and registered a domain to link my website and hav resolved the dynamic ip issue which is assigned by of WAN interface. Now web ever i write my registered domain e.g: www.myweb.com , it open my DSL modem authentication page.…
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Forwarding the endpoint (at localhost) of an SSH -L tunnel to another machine

Even after long searching and trying I'm not able to solve the following puzzle: Client A --------------------------> Server B (172.26.15.15/24) ssh -L 4321:localhost:4321 Server C (172.26.15.16/24) Client 'A' has a ssh tunnel,…
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Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' after changing TCP/IP Port

When I change the TCP/IP Port the MySQL Server will listen on port=3306 to port=3808 in my.ini, my Django project works very well. Navicat also can login in to mysql with same user name and password. But I can't login into mysql via the…
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Don't manage to set up iptables rules for client/server socket exchange on localhost

I am a client/server-IPC-iptables near-newbbie. I have made my homeworks deeply during one year and thought this should work : # cat /root/firewall/iptable | nocomment iptables -F iptables -F -t nat iptables -P FORWARD DROP iptables -P INPUT…
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Can the name “localhost” in a virtual machine be mapped to IP of host machine?

I have a virtual machine image (using Virtual PC) of Windows XP/IE6 from Microsoft's "modern IE" website. This virtual machine is hosted by a Windows 7 machine. I have a local web application on the host machine and need to check it in IE6 (sadly).…
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Apache not serving HTTPS to localhost

This just started being a problem (likely after a software upgrade?). The relevant config bits are: ServerAdmin webmaster@singpolyma.net ServerName singpolyma.net ServerAlias www.singpolyma.net RewriteEngine on …
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Intranet Ip - Access from Custom Domain

I have setup a local intranet in my office using IIS7 (Windows 7 Machine), currently it can be accessed through the PC's static IP, however I would like it so that internally it can just be accessed through an easier method, e.g typing in…
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Iptables allow only localhost and gmail

I use this in iptables: (want to allow 25 port only for localhost) iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s localhost --dport 25 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 25 -j DROP It works perfect, but I stopped to receive forwarded mail (it was working OK…
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Root access issue from localhost

I have a strange root access issue - I'm able to login as root via SSH but I'm not able login to the physical machine via terminal. Some more info: - running CentOS 6.4 - password authentication (no SSH key) - nothing found for root at…
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