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Netstat -a command : Difference between 0.0.0.0 and 127.0.0.1

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When running netstat -a on my local machine, i see ports on the 0.0.0.0 address listening. I would assume that 0.0.0.0 is my local machine, except that i also see 127.0.0.1 listening to specific ports. What is the 0.0.0.0 address? What is the difference between 0.0.0.0 and 127.0.0.1? Below is an ex…

Error Output

Proto  Local Address          Foreign Address        State
TCP    0.0.0.0:445            MyComputer1:0          LISTENING
TCP    0.0.0.0:49156       …

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Fix for: Netstat -a command : Difference between 0.0.0.0 and 127.0.0.1

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Listening on means that the program is listening on all IPv4 addresses assigned to the machine, whereas is the loopback address, only accessible from the same machine.

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