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0.0.0.0 works on all devices, localhost does not work on windows.
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bartdesign committed Sep 7, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ The "paused" connections aren't really paused. Their data is still accepted but
```ini
[DMDServer]
# The address (interface) to listen for TCP connections.
Addr = localhost
Addr = 0.0.0.0
# The port to listen for TCP connections.
Port = 6789
# Set to 1 if Serum colorization should be used, 0 if not.
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0.0.0.0 allows incoming connections from other devices as the default
127.0.0.1 allows incoming connections only on the same machine

I would assume 127.0.0.1 would be more the safer default?

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from that perspective yes; but for users maybe we need to specify this in the readme and ini text.

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