Yay, first shot of Auto Encrypt¹ running a HTTPS web server at a Web Number (IP address).
Next step: find out why some of the tests are failing on the Linux box, fix, and implement Web Numbers support in Kitten² and Catalyst³.
¹ codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-e…
² kitten.small-web.org
³ catalyst.small-web.org/
#WebNumbers #SmallWeb #AutoEncrypt #Kitten #Catalyst #peerToPeer #web #dev
Web Numbers
Domains? Where we’re going, we don’t need domains! Until the end of this year, the only way to have a secure web site is to have it accessible via a domain name. That, however, is changing.Aral Balkan
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FiXato
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •looks like the Kitten link at ¹ should be posted at ² instead, and ¹ needs a link to Auto-Encrypt rather than Kitten?
Edit, never mind; I see that you've already fixed it, but apparently the edit hasn't propagated yet to the instance I'm on.
Edit 2: more accurately, the mobile #Fedilab client I use apparently doesn't update the cached post, even when refreshing the thread. :(
Aral Balkan
in reply to FiXato • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •So, going forward, Auto Encrypt¹, Kitten², and Catalyst³ will be seamlessly (automatically; with zero config) supporting Web Numbers⁴ (IPv4, IPv6), and, of course, should you want to point one at your server for old time’s sake, legacy domain names too.
I still have some dev to do on this on the Kitten side of things but I’m hugely excited about being able to remove another centralised component – DNS – from the Small Web⁵ (peer-to-peer, personal web) as we inch nearer to making it available this year to everyday people who use technology as an everyday thing.
¹ codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-e…
... Show more...² kitten.small-web.org
³ catalyst.small-web.org
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So, going forward, Auto Encrypt¹, Kitten², and Catalyst³ will be seamlessly (automatically; with zero config) supporting Web Numbers⁴ (IPv4, IPv6), and, of course, should you want to point one at your server for old time’s sake, legacy domain names too.
I still have some dev to do on this on the Kitten side of things but I’m hugely excited about being able to remove another centralised component – DNS – from the Small Web⁵ (peer-to-peer, personal web) as we inch nearer to making it available this year to everyday people who use technology as an everyday thing.
¹ codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-e…
² kitten.small-web.org
³ catalyst.small-web.org
⁴ ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
⁵ ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-com…
#SmallWeb #SmallTech #SmallTechnologyFoundation #peerToPeerWeb #personalWeb #WebNumbers #decentralisation #web #dev #humanRights #democracy
Small Web: computer science colloquium at University of Groningen
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