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Show HN: I built a simple web server with ACME support
- cozis 10mo agoHello HN! I originally built this tool to see what happened if one wrote a web server from scratch and made it face the public web (I also nudged some communities to crash it intentionally). It was a fun experience and I used that small server to host my website since then. Over time, I learned about managing a VPS and the hassle involved with certificate management. I also wanted to host multiple websites on the same server. For these reasons I worked for about a year to add virtual hosts and automatic HTTPS by implementing the ACME protocol (RFC 8555). The new server is currently hosting https://coz.is https://coz.is Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41642151 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41642151 https://www.reddit.com/r/C_Programming/comments/1falo3b/using_my_c_web_server_to_host_a_blog_you_cant/ https://www.reddit.com/r/C_Programming/comments/1falo3b/usin... https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking/comments/1fcc5hd/im_using_my_custom_c_webserver_to_host_my_blog_no/ https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking/comments/1fcc5hd/im_using_m...