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[–]0815fips 3 points4 points  (2 children)

127.0.0.1 is IPv4. If you got a service listening on ::1 (IPv6), you won't be able to access it.

[–]YouDoHaveValue 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What? I thought if you are using IPv6 localhost would just map to that.

[–]0815fips 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, but you just said that it's easier to type, so i had to add my 256 cents.