Nathan Ellison · Feb 25, 2026

Proxy 127.0.0.1

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By default Burp Suite will not intercept traffic to localhost or 127.0.0.1 . Here are two solutions to fix that: 1. Configure Firefox Options Go to the about:config URL and set network.proxy.allow_hijacking_localhost to true . 2. Add Fake Domain to /etc/hosts Add an entry to the /etc/hosts file to point to 127.0.0.1 . 127.0.0.1 localhost 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost ::1 localhost lokalhost…

By default Burp Suite will not intercept traffic to localhost or 127.0.0.1. Here are two solutions to fix that:

1. Configure Firefox Options

Go to the about:config URL and set network.proxy.allow_hijacking_localhost to true.

2. Add Fake Domain to /etc/hosts

Add an entry to the /etc/hosts file to point to 127.0.0.1.

127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost

lokalhost 127.0.0.1

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