You can select a default zone from the list and even set the default zone. Out of the box, the default zone is FedoraWorkstation, which rejects unsolicited incoming packets from ports 1 to 1024 ...

Microsoft confirmed that Windows 11 KB5066835 breaks localhost (127.0.0.1) HTTP/2 connections, which means locally hosted apps can no longer connect to your network, but that’s not the only problem.

Windows updates usually bring security enhancements, bug fixes and new features. Sometimes, though, these updates can also break parts of the operating system. Unfortunately, some updates for ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue breaking HTTP/2 localhost (127.0.0.1) connections and IIS websites after installing recent Windows security updates. This bug affects both Windows 11 and Windows ...

The problem first surfaced on Microsoft's own support forums and quickly spread to Stack Overflow and Server Fault after the October 2025 cumulative update (KB5066835) landed, which appears to have ...

If you encounter the Localhost refused to connect error message when running any web server on your local Windows 11/10 computer, then this post is intended to help ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The 1.0 version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, issued way back in 1996, only defined three ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. There are a variety of reasons why developer or DevOps professionals locally install the Apache ...

Security researchers say Meta and Yandex used native Android apps to listen on localhost ports, allowing them to link web browsing data to user identities and bypass typical privacy protections.

Java 18's Simple Web Server lets you use a command-line tool or API to host files and more. Here's how it works. One of the handiest new features included in the Java 18 release (March 2022) was the ...

There's a regression between 1.12.0 and 1.12.1 that breaks ipv4 localhost query via zerotier-cli info. I've only just noticed while adding a new node that this is ...