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Why is this single-word address being resolved? [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. On my work network, there's a single-word address (let's call it foobar) that is responding to pings and HTTP requests, only from my machine. The address is not a TLD, just a ...
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Cannot ping localhost after a half day of uptime
This just started like 4 or 5 days ago. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 desktop, and after about 12 hours of uptime it seems the loopback device just stops working. If I do an ifconfig, it looks like it's ...
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localhost subdomain wildcard
I'm trying to have *.localhost pointing at 127.0.0.1.
I read this post which is quite recent and looks promising but dnsmasq can't bind port 53:
* Starting DNS forwarder and DHCP server dnsmasq ...
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Where should I place aliases for localhost?
I often need to use aliases for localhost (127.0.0.1) for my development work of websites, such that I can access them locally while routed via apaches virtual host concept.
In the past I have always ...
