On Monday 07 Dec 2009 17:10:00 Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> Now I know I can fix this either by removing the ::1 line from the
> hosts file or by adding ::1 to the /etc/httpd/conf.d/BackupPC.conf
> file.

Correct.  But there is a third option.

> But I want to understand first why in an ssh tunnel the 127.0.0.1:8145
> address would be translated to ::1 rather than to 127.0.0.1

Because ssh supports IPv6, and as the newer version of the protocol it takes 
priority.  The third fix is to disable IPv6 support in SSH.

Regards,
Tyler

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