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mod_http_oauth2: Reject loopback URIs as client_uri This really should be a proper website with info, https://localhost is not good enough. Ideally we'd validate that it's got proper DNS and is actually reachable, but triggering HTTP or even DNS lookups seems like it would carry abuse potential that would best to avoid.
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Stable'
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4 summary: 'XEP-0279: Server IP Check'
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 Sometimes for various reasons a client might want to know its IP address
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11 as it appears to the server. This [simple
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12 XEP](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0279.html) allows the client to ask
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13 the server for the IP address it is connected from.
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15 Compatibility
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19 0.7 Works
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