Questions tagged [localhost]
`localhost` usually refers to the special addresses `127.0.0.1` and `::1` that map to a loopback device, which allows a computer to connect to itself.
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Macbook Air can't ping localhost
I am having an issue with my Macbook Air, it cannot be pinged. I tried to ping it's IP from another computer, and the connection timed out. However, the Macbook Air can ping that computer. Although ...
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VirtualBox W7 - cannot bind localhost to host's localhost
I have an auth server which requires communication with localhost, so using 10.0.2.2 with NAT or my local IP address with Bridged Adapter won't do.
However putting:
10.0.2.2 localhost
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How can I allow a localhost SSL cert when using localhost to redirect a domain?
At the moment I have in my hosts file a custom link for facebook.com which leads to 127.0.0.1. I wanted this so when I go to facebook.com, it runs a php script on localhost which redirects to ...
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Burp suite is not intercepting localhost | bWAPP | Burp Suite
I am trying to get learn web application security using bWAPP (A buggy web application) which is hosted using Xampp on windows machine. I have configured the proxy (127.0.0.1:8080) in browser properly ...
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Connecting to a node server on mac from a local network
I want to test my app from an iphone locally, so I tried to access the ip of the mac it is running on (on the same network, and including the port: 192.168.1.101:3456) and it is not working.
The ...
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Chrome master_preferences file appears to be encrypted
I am trying to disable the privacy error flag feature in Chrome; long story long, Chrome refuses to accept my local host's SSL certificate for a website I’m deploying in dev, and I don’t have time to ...
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Logon failed to localhost using a domain name via remote desktop
I want to connect to localhost via remote desktop, the OS is Windows server 2008 r2.
I can connect successfully using 127.0.0.1,::1,localhost and the IP address in the network.
But when I tried to ...
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Open a Specific page of PDF document in viewer
I would like to be able to open a specific page of a PDF document through any desktop search or terminal.
Example of url
file://localhost/Users/masi/Dropbox/Cardiology/2493.full.pdf#page=11
which ...
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Static html pages run from file system instead of built-in web-server
I'm running Intellij 13 Ultimate. I'm trying to open a web page I'm working on, and it's opened from the file system:
file:///Users/<username>/dev/index.html
Instead of something like:
http://...
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How to force Apache to release filelocks?
To be honest I already posted on StackOverflow, and on searching for a resolution as no feedback there as yet, this site appeared, and it appears a separate login, so forgive me if I am duplicating ...
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windows 8.1 hosts file # redirect this is just a bad ideas
I've been editing my host file for a while never had this kind of problem. A few days ago I'm not sure either windows or a malware override my host file
For example if I did this
127.0.0.1 yk-sms....
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Win7 login without domain to local repository
In my project I have an alfresco repository running on localhost:8080 and now I want to map the WebDav (\\localhost@8080\alfresco\webdav) as a network drive. The problem is my computer is in the ...
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Should TLS be used for email on localhost?
I have an application (written in PHP) which sends email using SMTP and runs on the same system as the email server. Are there any security concerns about using port 25 on localhost rather than port ...
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Can ping localhost but can't browse
I know this is a pretty common question but I did my research and couldn't find a solution for this issue. I'm configuring a development application server and I came to the point where I can ping ...
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Access web server on LAN using IP fail
I have a web server in my LAN with IP: 192.168.1.103, I can only access the web server from browser in this computer through http://localhost:8080, I cannot access it through 192.168.1.103:8080, nor ...
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