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| author | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2021-05-31 08:33:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se> | 2021-05-31 15:37:37 +0200 |
| commit | c61ca433402876fefef1dab847acda1647b7dab9 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a51c794c13df41eb8302d5e0f8db85dbd5b30b8 /docs | |
| parent | 1a0ebf6632f889eedd42e03db9c337e7f029cc21 (diff) | |
| download | curl-c61ca433402876fefef1dab847acda1647b7dab9.tar.gz | |
URL-SYNTAX.md: document the new 'localhost' treatment
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diff --git a/docs/URL-SYNTAX.md b/docs/URL-SYNTAX.md index ef4613383..a97eb0d9f 100644 --- a/docs/URL-SYNTAX.md +++ b/docs/URL-SYNTAX.md @@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ brackets). For example: http://[2001:1890:1112:1::20]/ +### "localhost" + +Starting in curl 7.77.0, curl will use loopback IP addresses for the name +`localhost`: `127.0.0.1` and `::1`. It will not try to resolve the name using +the resolver functions. + +This is done to make sure the host accessed is truly the localhost - the local +machine. + ### IDNA If curl was built with International Domain Name (IDN) support, it can also |