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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hello,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> That is what I was thinking as well. Why try and connect to it if there is nothing listening to that location?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">You can ping it with either the hostname "localhost" or the 127.0.0.1 just to make sure your network card </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">and software is working and in fact that is part the troubleshooting process I learned while taking</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Cisco courses.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Yes, install something on that local machine such as a MySQL server, Tomcat, or Apache and then </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">in your browser type the address in with the port number. PHP LAMP or WAMP instructions in fact </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">tell you to do that when you are done.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">thanks,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Greg</div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, October 9, 2021, 07:17:01 PM EDT, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv4911142457"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Are you running a local web server on port tcp/80/443, otherwise why connection to localhost? You need a server like apache, nginx, or whatever web server listening on 80/443 for a browser to find a webpage on localhost, which is your system. Otherwise the browser won't find a socket to connect to let alone a web page, which is what it's telling you.<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>## this will show you anything listening locally on http|https ports and what app did it<br clear="none"></div><div>sudo ss -tpl | grep http</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>## try to connect if you think you should see an open socket from above, below fails<br clear="none"></div><div>[~]# telnet 127.0.0.1 80<br clear="none">Trying 127.0.0.1...<br clear="none">telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>No active firewall right?<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If you wanted to you can limit host access to bind external sockets like 80/443, or whatever to only <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" onclick="return window.theMainWindow.showLinkWarning(this)" href="http://127.0.0.0/8">127.0.0.0/8</a> meaning only local processes can access sockets, not even someone on your local lan. This is a security practice in application cases for high-speed caching or inter-process communications local to this system only.<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>-mb<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4911142457gmail_quote"><div class="yiv4911142457yqt5253604627" id="yiv4911142457yqtfd05221"><div class="yiv4911142457gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 12:24 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv4911142457gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>the browser shows the error as: <br clear="none"></div><div>The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.</div> If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.<br clear="none"> If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.<br clear="none"><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I need to specify a port. Cool. That's all I needed to know.<br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4911142457gmail_quote"><div class="yiv4911142457gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 3:05 PM James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv4911142457gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Regarding the original question of why the browser is saying "problem with address", what is the actual error? Name resolution, connection, cert, etc etc? Those friendly human readable errors leave too much open to interpretation.</div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4911142457gmail_quote"><div class="yiv4911142457gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 11:59 AM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv4911142457gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div><br clear="none"><span style="color:rgb(189,193,198);font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(48,49,52);">The IP address range </span><b style="max-height:999999px;color:rgb(189,193,198);font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(48,49,52);">127.0.</b><span style="color:rgb(189,193,198);font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(48,49,52);"> </span><b style="max-height:999999px;color:rgb(189,193,198);font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(48,49,52);">0.0 – 127.255.</b><span style="color:rgb(189,193,198);font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(48,49,52);"> </span><b style="max-height:999999px;color:rgb(189,193,198);font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(48,49,52);">255.255</b><span style="color:rgb(189,193,198);font-family:roboto, arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(48,49,52);"> is reserved for loopback, i.e. a Host's self-address, also known as localhost address. This loopback IP address is managed entirely by and within the operating system.</span><div><font face="roboto, helvetica neue, arial, sans-serif" color="#bdc1c6"><br clear="none"></font><div>Thanks,<br clear="none">Alexander.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G</div></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4911142457gmail_quote"><div class="yiv4911142457gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 11:58 greg zegan via PLUG-discuss <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv4911142457gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost">localhost</a><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv4911142457gmail-m_-2119328047477657204gmail-m_1214679299624805452gmail-m_4443314583915350186gmail-m_-1054344273204047784m_2324682644924120948ydp6fb6f73denhancr_card_4014929913" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><table style="max-width:400px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="400"><table style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,228,233);border-radius:2px;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><table style="background:rgb(255,255,255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0px 0px 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224,228,233);" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding:16px 0px 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 2px;"></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0px 0px 2px;"><h2 style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42);max-width:314px;">localhost</h2><p style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(151,155,167);">The local loopback mechanism may be used to run a network service on a host without requiring a physical network...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">you need to specify the port number</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Saturday, October 9, 2021, 02:29:07 PM EDT, Michael via PLUG-discuss <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:
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