• Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    12 hours ago

    On Linux it is just a catch all address (listen on all interfaces)

    Elsewhere it doesn’t do anything since I don’t believe it is part of the networking standards

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      12 hours ago

      Yeah I’m familiar with that part, I just meant in context of a browser being able to connect to it.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        If I were implementing it, I’d just list all interfaces on the machine and see if there’s a service bound to it on the given port. There’s probably only one, but it’s technically undefined behavior I think.