localhost

[Michael]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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 <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> 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
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