FIX Default backend to localhost instead of 0.0.0.0#1612
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- Change pyrit_backend CLI default host from 0.0.0.0 to localhost - Bind Docker port mapping to 127.0.0.1 in run_pyrit_docker.py - Update frontend dev.py to use localhost - Add browser-friendly URL hint when host is 0.0.0.0 - Update backend README default - Users can still opt in to network exposure with --host 0.0.0.0 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Description
The backend defaults to
host="0.0.0.0". This changes the default tolocalhostso the server is only reachable from the local machine by default.--hostchanged tolocalhostinpyrit_backendCLI andfrontend/dev.py127.0.0.1inrun_pyrit_docker.py--host 0.0.0.0(non-Docker) ordocker run -p 0.0.0.0:8000:8000(Docker)Tests and Documentation
test_pyrit_backend.pyto match new defaultpyrit/backend/README.mddefault