Can someone explain Network IDs to me? | Smarter Dev | Page 1

full shoal Oct 3, 2023, 9:52 PM

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I opened an HTML file with VS Code's "Live Server" extention, and since it's a page on my pc, it contains a network id instead of the usual https:// and such.

I was wondering...is it dangerous to show this ID to other people? I was planning on using this HTML website to organize some documents and such from other websites for a board game I created in google slides...Magic the Noah style, but since I'm not gonna mess with publishing a website, I was planning on screensharing the website and use it as a sort of extra tool!

I'm going to pass this website to other people so they can use it to...but that might not be such a good idea if it exposes sensitive info like Network IDs. Can someone please clarify if Web IDs are dangerous to show? And is this network ID that shows in the URL mine or just VS Code??

I can barely find any info about network IDs, and the info I found uses a lot of technical language I'm not experienced enough to understand!

whole leaf Oct 3, 2023, 9:55 PM

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Network ID??? You mean IP address? Like this 192.168.82.32??? You might be seeing 127.0.0.1 which is the loopback address, essentially the address your computer uses to access servers running on it.

full shoal Oct 3, 2023, 9:56 PM

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yes exactlyyy those things!

whole leaf Oct 3, 2023, 9:57 PM

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I'd not share your public IP address, IP addresses on your local network are generally fine to share.

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You can Google "what is my IP address" to see your public IP

full shoal Oct 3, 2023, 9:58 PM

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so this one isn't sensitive information that can get me or other people hacked/DDoS'd?

whole leaf Oct 3, 2023, 9:59 PM

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They're behind your NAT so they aren't accessible outside of your local network. Your public IP is, so sharing that could allow someone to access anything on your network that's being exposed publicly.

full shoal Oct 3, 2023, 10:05 PM

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Ok great!!! So it'd be safe to show my loopback address onnnn...let's say a screenshare?

whole leaf Oct 3, 2023, 10:06 PM

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Everyone's loopback is 127.0.0.1 haha so yeah it's safe to share that

full shoal Oct 3, 2023, 10:07 PM

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That's my main question answered. Thanks a lot for clearing up the confusion!! I can continue my silly HTML adventure!!!!

whole leaf Oct 3, 2023, 10:08 PM

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Have fun

full shoal Oct 3, 2023, 10:16 PM

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Thank youuuu

rocky apex Oct 3, 2023, 11:26 PM

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Localhost is the same lol

#Can someone explain Network IDs to me?