# Port publishing and mapping — Setting the default bind address for containers

> By default, when a container's ports are mapped without any specific host address, the Docker daemon publishes ports to all host addresses (0.0.0.0 and [::]).

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By default, when a container's ports are mapped without any specific host address, the Docker daemon publishes ports to all host addresses (0.0.0.0 and [::]).

For example, the following command publishes port 8080 to all network interfaces on the host, on both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, potentially making them available to the outside world.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
docker run -p 8080:80 nginx
```

You can change the default binding address for published container ports so that they're only accessible to the Docker host by default. To do that, you can configure the daemon to use the loopback address (127.0.0.1) instead.

&gt; [!WARNING] &gt; &gt; In releases older than 28.0.0, hosts within the same L2 segment (for example, &gt; hosts connected to the same network switch) can reach ports published to &gt; localhost. For more information, see &gt; moby/moby#45610

To configure this setting for user-defined bridge networks, use the com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4 driver option when you create the network. Despite the option name, it is possible to specify an IPv6 address.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker network create mybridge \
  -o "com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4=127.0.0.1"
```

Or, to set the default binding address for containers in all user-defined bridge networks, use daemon configuration option default-network-opts. For example

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```json
{
  "default-network-opts": {
    "bridge": {
      "com.docker.network.bridge.host_binding_ipv4": "127.0.0.1"
    }
  }
}
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; Setting the default binding address to :: means port bindings with no host &gt; address specified will work for any IPv6 address on the host. But, 0.0.0.0 &gt; means any IPv4 or IPv6 address. &gt; &gt; Changing the default bind address doesn't have any effect on Swarm services. &gt; Swarm services are always exposed on the 0.0.0.0 network interface.

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