What’s the difference between IP address 0.0.0.0 and 127.0.0.1?

The only thing is that you’re not saying “all addresses should have access” — that’s done in your firewall(s) and/or the server software and/or other security layers like tcpwrappers. 0.0.0.0, in this context, means “all IP addresses on the local machine” (in fact probably, “all IPv4 addresses on the local machine”). So, if your webserver … Read more

Port 80 is being used by SYSTEM (PID 4), what is that?

the IP adress is 0.0.0.0, state = LISTENING: means that port 80 is listening to all interfaces (not used) How to read NETSTAT -AN results: https://sites.google.com/site/xiangyangsite/home/technical-tips/linux-unix/networks-related-commands-on-linux/how-to-read-netstat–an-results