diff --git a/example/README b/example/README
index 70d8cca..03aa4e1 100644
--- a/example/README
+++ b/example/README
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ To run the setup do
 
 and then use your favourite webbrowser to look at "http://localhost:8087/whoami"
 
+Note, the listeners are all configured to bind to localhost (127.0.0.1) only.
+If you want to be able to connect to them externally, grep "HOST = '127.0.0.1'"
+example/*/*.py and replace 127.0.0.1 with 0.0.0.0 or a specific IP.
+
 ./all.sh stop
 
 will of course stop your IdP and SP.
diff --git a/example/idp2/idp.py b/example/idp2/idp.py
index 3828d41..9fdaf5a 100755
--- a/example/idp2/idp.py
+++ b/example/idp2/idp.py
@@ -976,10 +976,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                             module_directory=_rot + 'modules',
                             input_encoding='utf-8', output_encoding='utf-8')
 
+    HOST = '127.0.0.1'
     PORT = 8088
 
-    SRV = make_server('', PORT, application)
-    print "IdP listening on port: %s" % PORT
+    SRV = make_server(HOST, PORT, application)
+    print "IdP listening on %s:%s" % (HOST, PORT)
     SRV.serve_forever()
 else:
     _rot = args.mako_root
diff --git a/example/idp2_repoze/idp.py b/example/idp2_repoze/idp.py
index 562ce51..4729392 100755
--- a/example/idp2_repoze/idp.py
+++ b/example/idp2_repoze/idp.py
@@ -977,10 +977,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                             module_directory=_rot + 'modules',
                             input_encoding='utf-8', output_encoding='utf-8')
 
+    HOST = '127.0.0.1'
     PORT = 8088
 
-    SRV = make_server('', PORT, application)
-    print "IdP listening on port: %s" % PORT
+    SRV = make_server(HOST, PORT, application)
+    print "IdP listening on %s:%s" % (HOST, PORT)
     SRV.serve_forever()
 else:
     _rot = args.mako_root
diff --git a/example/sp-repoze/sp.py b/example/sp-repoze/sp.py
index f16cc39..a0af4e7 100755
--- a/example/sp-repoze/sp.py
+++ b/example/sp-repoze/sp.py
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ app_with_auth = make_middleware_with_config(application, {"here": "."},
                                             log_file="repoze_who.log")
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 PORT = 8087
 
 # allow uwsgi or gunicorn mount
@@ -291,6 +292,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
-    srv = make_server('', PORT, app_with_auth)
-    print "SP listening on port: %s" % PORT
+    srv = make_server(HOST, PORT, app_with_auth)
+    print "SP listening on %s:%s" % (HOST, PORT)
     srv.serve_forever()
diff --git a/example/sp-wsgi/service_conf.py b/example/sp-wsgi/service_conf.py
index e5dbf17..ad6c847 100644
--- a/example/sp-wsgi/service_conf.py
+++ b/example/sp-wsgi/service_conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from saml2.assertion import Policy
 
+HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 PORT = 8087
 HTTPS = False
 
@@ -13,4 +14,4 @@ POLICY = Policy(
 # HTTPS cert information
 SERVER_CERT = "pki/ssl.crt"
 SERVER_KEY = "pki/ssl.pem"
-CERT_CHAIN = ""
\ No newline at end of file
+CERT_CHAIN = ""
diff --git a/example/sp-wsgi/sp.py b/example/sp-wsgi/sp.py
index 05fcc03..f940f29 100755
--- a/example/sp-wsgi/sp.py
+++ b/example/sp-wsgi/sp.py
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ def application(environ, start_response):
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+HOST = service_conf.HOST
 PORT = service_conf.PORT
 # ------- HTTPS -------
 # These should point to relevant files
@@ -727,13 +728,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     add_urls()
 
-    SRV = wsgiserver.CherryPyWSGIServer(('0.0.0.0', PORT), application)
+    SRV = wsgiserver.CherryPyWSGIServer((HOST, PORT), application)
 
     if service_conf.HTTPS:
         SRV.ssl_adapter = ssl_pyopenssl.pyOpenSSLAdapter(SERVER_CERT,
                                                          SERVER_KEY, CERT_CHAIN)
     logger.info("Server starting")
-    print "SP listening on port: %s" % PORT
+    print "SP listening on %s:%s" % (HOST, PORT)
     try:
         SRV.start()
     except KeyboardInterrupt: