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		TazeTSchnitzel on Jan 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localh... Yeah, I forgot about the exceptions to the Same Origin Policy for a moment there. Still, I don't see why sites should ever be able to make any request to localhost.

landryraccoon on Jan 13, 2016 [–]

It shouldn't cause a problem unless malicious software is already installed on the user's machine.

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