Thank you for the explanation. I looked up my hosts file and saw that everything looks right with the mapping of the IP address to localhost as it should.
However, I'm still stuck on how to resolve the security error. Again, thank you for your help. --- In [email protected], "Fotis Chatzinikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John, appart from your correct info on dns, I do not think thats John's > problem, (confict on Johns' here :-)... > > He is using http://localhost:8080 > > and localhost works without manually adding it in the hosts file (usually ?) > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:24 PM, john fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > aha! > > the hosts file ( see Fotis for location I believe he has it right for > > WinXP) > > lists ip addresses with domain names so your PC knows that > > me.mydomain.com equates to 200.111.86.76 > > The key here is that the OS reads the hosts file first and then asks > > DNS, so whatever you put in will override what your public DNS server says. > > see "name resolution" and "domain name service" IIRC Windows help is > > pretty good on this... > > > > When Tomcat ( or any app ) Gets an http request it has to be able to > > figure out the IP address from either "localhost" or "name.domain.com" > > hence the need for hosts file and DNS. > > If your browser says "http://..."; it still uses the network interface, > > even if its all on one machine. this is a Good Thing. If it uses > > "file://..." then not. > > > > This is why the raw ip address works and localhost doesn't - see? > > > > HTH sorry if its a bit pedantic > > John > > > > > > ralcab wrote: > > > (3) Excuse my ignorance, but what's a host file? I'm self taught on > > > this and pretty new to it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. > Founder, > Phinnovation > [EMAIL PROTECTED], >
