thanks guys. I don't apach or something like that running on my system. I am learning so much! On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 7:17 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > 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. > > ## this will show you anything listening locally on http|https ports and > what app did it > sudo ss -tpl | grep http > > ## try to connect if you think you should see an open socket from above, > below fails > [~]# telnet 127.0.0.1 80 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > No active firewall right? > > If you wanted to you can limit host access to bind external sockets like > 80/443, or whatever to only 127.0.0.0/8 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. > > -mb > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 12:24 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> the browser shows the error as: >> The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few >> moments. >> If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network >> connection. >> If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make >> sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. >> >> I need to specify a port. Cool. That's all I needed to know. >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 3:05 PM James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >>> 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. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 11:59 AM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The IP address range *127.0.* *0.0 – 127.255.* *255.255* 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. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Alexander. >>>> >>>> Sent from my Samsung S20+ 5G >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2021, 11:58 greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < >>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> localhost >>>>> >>>>> localhost >>>>> >>>>> The local loopback mechanism may be used to run a network service on a >>>>> host without requiring a physical network... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> you need to specify the port number >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, October 9, 2021, 02:29:07 PM EDT, Michael via >>>>> PLUG-discuss wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Are the addresses for localhost 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.1.1 ? That was a >>>>> rhetorical question. What isn't rhetorical is why, when I enter either of >>>>> those addresses into a browser , do I get a 'problem with address' page? >>>>> Are there >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James McPhee >>> jmcphe@gmail.com >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: