Heads up: "localhost" may be IPv6 on new linuxes

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I've encountered a Ubuntu 16.04 today, where localhost resolved to ::1 instead of 127.0.0.1.

This will not usually make a difference, but could be relevant for firewall policies.

Tobias Kraze
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Posted by Tobias Kraze to makandra dev (2016-09-22 17:06)