All Windows computers have a Local Server or Local Network with the help of which Windows computers can be made Local Web Servers. This enables HTTP Web Applications can be run offline. It is also known as the Internet Information Services (IIS). If you develop websites and you want to test your website on the HTTP, then you can make your computer a Web server by enabling IIS feature and test your website on your own computer.


You might have heard Ethical Hackers or Black Hat Hacker saying that there is no place like Localhost. It is true because any kind of hacking practice on Localhost is legal and we can do anything on our own computer.
All the Website, Web Applications, Servers present on the Internet, have two types of address.
Physical Address: Google.com, Facebook.com, Digitrovert.com These are all physical addresses and we can remember them by name.
Logical Address:  which is the original address of servers, is in the form of an IP (Internet Protocol). Such as LocalHost 127.0.0.1, it is converted to Physical Address with the help of the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) so that people can easily remember the name.

There are two ways to enable the Localhost server

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Enabling Localhost with the help of third party software: With the help of both Xampp Server and Wamp Server, you can enable localhost in the Windows Computer. For that, you have to download and install them on your PC.


Making localhost without the help of software: Localhost is on of Microsoft windows' service, so every IIS feature is already provided in a Windows Computer. You can enable it easily from control panel.
1. First open the Control Panel and click Uninstall a Program.
2. Now click on Turn Windows Features On or Off.
3. Once you click this option, a box opens and two options are available. Internet Information Services Internet Information Services Hostable Web Core Localhost will be enabled after a while after checking both of these options.

Local host is not meant to be used by normal users. If you work on website development or want to learn hacking, then Localhost Server can be useful for you.

To run realtime test of any website or to run Server Side Code, a server is required. If a person is an Individual developer, then he can not buy a dedicated server, so with the help of Localhost, he can make his PC a server.

A server is required to learn hacking because attacking someone else's server is illegal. Therefore, for those grey hats, it is very important that to know about the Computer Localhost. Because the Localhost server is the safest place where hacking can be practiced legally.

Ravi Rao, Digitrovert