# Webhook payload URL doesn't accept internal IP based value

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-payload-url-doesnt-accept-internal-ip-based-value/247762>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-payload-url-doesnt-accept-internal-ip-based-value/247762 "2022-12-05T09:33:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-payload-url-doesnt-accept-internal-ip-based-value/247762/3 "2022-12-06T09:35:52Z")

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> [@MSG160](#):
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> Not sure why you would want to stop being able to configure URLS or addresses that resolve internally for processing web hooks

Because it can also be a security issue where a Discourse admin could use webhooks to discover or attack internal resources on a network which is not theirs?

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