export function isLoopbackHost(host: string): boolean { let normalized = host.trim().toLowerCase(); if (normalized.endsWith(".")) normalized = normalized.slice(0, -1); if (normalized.startsWith("[") && normalized.endsWith("]")) { normalized = normalized.slice(1, -1); } if (normalized === "localhost" || normalized === "::1") return true; const octets = normalized.split("."); return ( octets.length === 4 && octets[0] === "127" && octets.every((octet) => /^\d{1,3}$/.test(octet) && Number(octet) <= 255) ); }