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\nKube-proxy\n on Windows can unintentionally forward traffic to local processes \nlistening on the same port (“spec.ports[*].port”) as a LoadBalancer \nService when the LoadBalancer controller\n does not set the “status.loadBalancer.ingress[].ip” field. Clusters \nwhere the LoadBalancer controller sets the \n“status.loadBalancer.ingress[].ip” field are unaffected.
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