title: /etc/hosts file not redirecting to local application on mac
body: <p>I've set up a redirect in the hosts file on my machine that basically points an auth domain to my local project in IIS (when run in Visual Studio for Mac) - however when I type the domain name into Chrome (for example), I get a message saying this site cannot be reached. </p>
  
  <p>The local URL I want this to point to is: <a href="http://localhost:44380/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://localhost:44380/</a> - the live URL I can't reveal for security but lets say for the sake of this example that it's: auth.site.com (the actual URL I'm using is valid and it does load in Chrome)</p>
  
  <p>Here's my hosts file from terminal as it's currently set up:</p>
  
  <pre><code>##
  # Host Database
  #
  # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
  # when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
  ##
  127.0.0.1       localhost
  255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
  ::1             localhost
  127.0.0.1       auth.site.com
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm very familiar with windows and how the hosts file works, so from what I know there this would work in windows (I think anyways), is there something I'm missing here because obviously something isn't right? </p>