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by bryanh 1778 days ago
https://2130706433:443/ https://0177.0.0.01:443/
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Can someone educate me on why these 2 links resolve to localhost?
I think the first is the 32 bit int version of 127.0.0.1, and 0177 is the octal representation of 127.
Along those lines, you can also use hex https://0x7f.0.0.0x01:443/