On 2010/10/29 19:23, Sean P. DeNigris wrote:
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>
> Frank Shearar wrote:
>>
>>>> - Could it be an IPv6 issue
>> It means that you could try access http://127.0.0.1:8090/. If that
>> works, then it's likely that Safari's actually trying to access
>> http://[::1]:80/ - and you might not be running anything there.
>>
>
> Thanks.  I got:
> ~$ netstat -anp tcp
> Active Internet connections (including servers)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)
> tcp6       0      0  ::1.8090               *.*                    LISTEN
> ...
>
> That was the only entry for that port.  Is that what I should be seeing?

It means that Safari might be resolving "localhost" as the IPv4 address 
127.0.0.1 and trying to contact that IP/port, and of course failing. 
Your next step, I suspect, will be to fire up tcpdump and confirm that 
that's the case.

Start tcpdump with something like: sudo tcpdump -i fw0 -v port 8090 and 
then trying to access the site through Safari.

frank