From: Luke Graham <spoooq@...>
Date: 2005-03-07T12:14:31+09:00
Subject: Re: WEBrick for a local application?

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:09:09 +0900, Jeremy Bear <jeremy.bear@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > My main question, I guess, is this:  Is there any way that I can use
> > > WEBrick in a local setting only that will not open up a persons
> > > computer to the outside world?
> >
> > WEBrick rocks.
> >
> > You can use :BindAddress => local_ip and it will be LAN accessible only. Like:
> >
> > :BindAddress => 192.168.0.100, :Port => 2000
> >
> > See its code, as I use Wee and its a bit different, like:
> > Wee::WEBrickAdaptor.register('/app' => app).start(:BindAddress =>
> > '192.168.0.100', :Port => 2000)
> 
> Ah, okay.  This seems simple enough.  My question regarding this,
> though, is: What if I don't know what they have their local IP set to?
>  Does it need to match their IP, or is there a more "generic" one I
> can use, such as the 127.0.0.1 address that vruz mentioned, that will
> work no matter what for the local host?

127.0.0.1 is the standard loopback address, it works on windows and unix,
and most other places as well.

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