Top "Localhost" questions

In computer networking, localhost is the hostname given to the address of the loopback network interface.

How can I detect if the user is on localhost in PHP?

In other words, how can I tell if the person using my web application is on the server it resides …

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Getting "SocketException : Connection reset by peer" in Android

My app needs to contact the same device it is working on, via http://127.0.0.1/... (a localhost url). For some reason, …

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What is the purpose of the Microsoft Loopback Adapter?

Just as the question says, what is the Microsoft Loopback Adapter, and as a bonus, what scenerios as a developer …

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MySQL Workbench 5.2 CE, Windows 7, "Can't connect to MySQL Server on 127.0.0.1 (10061)"

I've seen this problem asked a bunch of times on here but every solution posted hasn't been helpful for me. …

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How to simulate HTTP POST on localhost (*Windows* not Unix)?

What is the simplest way of sending an HTTP POST to a localhost address/port under Windows? E.g. do …

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How to create a https server on localhost

I followed the tutorial below to create a https server https://docs.nodejitsu.com/articles/HTTP/servers/how-to-create-a-HTTPS-server/ and the …

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Alias hostname for localhost

Assuming that a local Python-Script is running a webserver. Is there any way to set an alias, so that http://…

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tcpdump: localhost to localhost

I write a program that send TCP packets from localhost to localhost. And I want to use tcpdump to capture …

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Connect to localhost:3000 from another computer | expressjs, nodejs

I'm currently working on a project and I would like to test it from another computer or phone. This computer …

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How to find FQDN of local machine in C#/.NET ?

How can you get the FQDN of a local machine in C#?

c# localhost fqdn