> 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
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>
> 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
> <http://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
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>
> 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
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>
> 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
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>
>
> 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
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>
> localhost <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost>
>
>
>
>
>
> localhost
>
> The local loopback mechanism may be used to run a
> network service on a host without requiring a
> physical network...
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost>
>
>
> you need to specify the port number
>
>
>
> On Saturday, October 9, 2021, 02:29:07 PM EDT,
> Michael via PLUG-discuss
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>
> 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
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