It has nothing to with Tomcat in this case.
http://localhost
equals
http://127.0.0.1
equals
http://AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD (the IP address of the machine)
When it comes to accessing the web page from the machine that is hosting the
site.
The above is not exactly correct when it comes to things
That explains things quite clearly
thanks for the quick reply :)
cheers
Alex
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: users@tomcat.apache.org Subject: Re: OT tomcat
embedded 5.5 localhost alias Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:38:13 -0400 It has
nothing to with Tomcat in this case. http://localhost