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Perhaps I am missing something - what problem does this solve? Instead of an IPv4 address, you are now entering (optional) prefix, the IPv4 address, and a postf

Perhaps I am missing something - what problem does this solve? Instead of an IPv4 address, you are now entering (optional) prefix, the IPv4 address, and a postfix ".xip.io" Where is the added value over entering the IP address directly?

Antwan 13y ago
Same question, I don't see the point of such a tool excepted propagating this stupid .io TLDs madness.
- iancarroll 13y ago
  What do you have against the TLD?
  - Antwan 13y ago
    I have something against stupid trends. io is a gcc TLD, shouldn't be polluted just because everybody thinks it's the cool 2014 way to build something hype. Anyway, out of subject.
    - iancarroll 13y ago
      Even the registry themselves[0] promote it outside of just a normal country gcctld [0]http://nic.io http://nic.io
    - Antwan 13y ago
      At 72GBP/year, they can.
      - ozh 13y ago
        29€ on Gandi.
    - huskyr 13y ago
      Remember that .com was only ment for commercial ventures, .org for non-government organizations and .net for network providers? [1] I guess the 'TLD's shouldn't be polluted' ship has sailed quite some time ago. [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591
    - stormbrew 13y ago
      Yes, the 4000 British and American military officers stationed in the Indian Ocean Territory need to have access to this TLD.
bluefinity 13y ago
You can set up your web server to serve different applications on different domains if you're working on multiple projects at the same time and don't want to put them on different ports or use subdirectories. Another use case I can see is for testing subdomain-based web apps where you give each customer a subdomain (really just a wildcard dns record), e.g. acme.myapp.com
- Piskvorrr 13y ago
  Yeah, that makes sense, thanks.
- Antwan 13y ago
  Why not just customizing /etc/hosts then... You guys are relying too much on 3rd party tools without knowing what they do with your data and what they're becoming in the future.
  - sirn 13y ago
    Testing web page with custom subdomain in a mobile devices, passing a test URL to co-workers, etc. I did this a lot, even though I have my own DNS server setup for this purpose in my own LAN, I could see myself using this if I don't already have the DNS set up.
  - nileshtrivedi 13y ago
    How do you customize /etc/hosts on an iPad?
  - dan_manges 13y ago
    In most cases, customizing /etc/hosts would require every person working on a project to customize their /etc/hosts the same way. It becomes a burden when somebody wants to add or change an entry. They would need to email everybody who works on the project to tell them all to make the same change.
  - matthewmacleod 13y ago
    It's a DNS server. The only data they can get from you is what you're calling the subdomains on your apps. Yes, you could achieve the same functionality by editing /etc/hosts, but that's a pain in the arse if you're rapidly switching between a set of different sites, or if you want to access a coworker's machine in the same way. You guys are complaining too much about useful hacker-friendly tools from well-known companies.
riffraff 13y ago
my use case: some of services won't allow me to interact with them (i.e. oauth) unless I register a domain. 127.0.0.1 and "localhost" do not work, 127.0.0.1.xip.io inexplicably does.
- dagi3d 13y ago
  you can use pow(or prax under linux) or just edit the /etc/hosts to point example.dev to your localhost
fphilipe 13y ago
You can test your app on mobile devices in the same network without having to mess with the hosts file.
binarymax 13y ago
This is very useful for me, because lots of the software I write is SaaS where the customer has their own subdomain - and testing on mobile in a local network is a PITA. Think of setting acme.example.local and foo.example.local in hosts to 127.0.0.1. In my code I have middleware that sniffs the leftmost part of the hostname and authenticates and routes based on that info. With this I don't need to mess with hosts, and I don't need to worry about putting in a hack for mobile (on which you cannot change any hosts).

Antwan 13y ago

Same question, I don't see the point of such a tool excepted propagating this stupid .io TLDs madness.

iancarroll 13y ago
What do you have against the TLD?
- Antwan 13y ago
  I have something against stupid trends. io is a gcc TLD, shouldn't be polluted just because everybody thinks it's the cool 2014 way to build something hype. Anyway, out of subject.
  - iancarroll 13y ago
    Even the registry themselves[0] promote it outside of just a normal country gcctld [0]http://nic.io http://nic.io
  - Antwan 13y ago
    At 72GBP/year, they can.
    - ozh 13y ago
      29€ on Gandi.
  - huskyr 13y ago
    Remember that .com was only ment for commercial ventures, .org for non-government organizations and .net for network providers? [1] I guess the 'TLD's shouldn't be polluted' ship has sailed quite some time ago. [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591
  - stormbrew 13y ago
    Yes, the 4000 British and American military officers stationed in the Indian Ocean Territory need to have access to this TLD.

bluefinity 13y ago

You can set up your web server to serve different applications on different domains if you're working on multiple projects at the same time and don't want to put them on different ports or use subdirectories. Another use case I can see is for testing subdomain-based web apps where you give each customer a subdomain (really just a wildcard dns record), e.g. acme.myapp.com

Piskvorrr 13y ago
Yeah, that makes sense, thanks.
Antwan 13y ago
Why not just customizing /etc/hosts then... You guys are relying too much on 3rd party tools without knowing what they do with your data and what they're becoming in the future.
- sirn 13y ago
  Testing web page with custom subdomain in a mobile devices, passing a test URL to co-workers, etc. I did this a lot, even though I have my own DNS server setup for this purpose in my own LAN, I could see myself using this if I don't already have the DNS set up.
- nileshtrivedi 13y ago
  How do you customize /etc/hosts on an iPad?
- dan_manges 13y ago
  In most cases, customizing /etc/hosts would require every person working on a project to customize their /etc/hosts the same way. It becomes a burden when somebody wants to add or change an entry. They would need to email everybody who works on the project to tell them all to make the same change.
- matthewmacleod 13y ago
  It's a DNS server. The only data they can get from you is what you're calling the subdomains on your apps. Yes, you could achieve the same functionality by editing /etc/hosts, but that's a pain in the arse if you're rapidly switching between a set of different sites, or if you want to access a coworker's machine in the same way. You guys are complaining too much about useful hacker-friendly tools from well-known companies.

riffraff 13y ago

my use case: some of services won't allow me to interact with them (i.e. oauth) unless I register a domain. 127.0.0.1 and "localhost" do not work, 127.0.0.1.xip.io inexplicably does.

dagi3d 13y ago
you can use pow(or prax under linux) or just edit the /etc/hosts to point example.dev to your localhost

fphilipe 13y ago

You can test your app on mobile devices in the same network without having to mess with the hosts file.

binarymax 13y ago

This is very useful for me, because lots of the software I write is SaaS where the customer has their own subdomain - and testing on mobile in a local network is a PITA. Think of setting acme.example.local and foo.example.local in hosts to 127.0.0.1. In my code I have middleware that sniffs the leftmost part of the hostname and authenticates and routes based on that info. With this I don't need to mess with hosts, and I don't need to worry about putting in a hack for mobile (on which you cannot change any hosts).