Network comprehension question: localhost vs. local IP address

[Colin Law]

On 13 June 2017 at 20:54, Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've found it. Moinmoin was configured to listen to one specific interface
> (localhost) only.
>
> I still don't quite understand, but it works now.

That means that the server was setup so it would only respond to
requests from the local machine (localhost), and not requests coming
in through your ethernet or wifi cards.This is the default as a
security measure, so you have to explicitly allow access from other
machines (or the internet).

Colin


>
> Bye
> Volker
>
>
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