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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Neat hack! If you want a similar solution for something a bit more dynamic, all the http://pagekite.net/ sub-domains are SSL-enabled by default. You run whatever HTTP server you like, PageKite operates as a front-end and handles SSL. The
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I'm operating from Iceland ( http://pagekite.net/ ), and decided to simply let the user choose: I offer prices in USD, EUR and ISK. The prices are roughly comparable, but I don't bother making them match exactly - exchange rates fluctuate t
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I think the main difference between a weekend project and a startup, is a startup explicitly has the goal of becoming a sustainable business. A project is just a project; throw something at the wall and see if it sticks. A minority of reall
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
It has the downside that it is pretty much useless. :-) Until lots of people have IPv6, an IPv6 address doesn't have any benefit. It's a catch-22 situation. With an IPv4 reverse proxy solution (socks or otherwise), you can run a server rig
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
That's not entirely true. Adding features to operating systems is easy - IPv6 support has been in all the major OSes for years. Getting it out there wasn't that hard but getting people to use it has proven to be a different matter entirely
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I'd sign that petition. :-)
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Having a ToS and Privacy Policy were a requirement before I could hook http://pagekite.net/ up with a payment processor - you can't take people's money unless there's a clear statement of what they are (and aren't) getting for their money
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Aside from the predictable troubles the author experienced as an early adopter, I find it interesting that he has stumbled on one of the few motives web hosts and service providers might have to deploy services on native v6 (instead of rely
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
As an Icelander, I think the link title is a little bit inflammatory. And very much an oversimplification. I voted yes in the referendum, but I do understand the point of view of those who voted no. There has been a lot of FUD in the media
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I wonder if running dropbox as a user with read access but no write permissions would solve this guy's problem. I also wonder whether it would work at all. :-)
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
You're welcome! Glad to see you've already pinged the mailing list (I lurk). Friday night networking! :-)
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
What are the key similarities or differences between this and http://unhosted.org/ ? Considered collaborating?
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Depending on your point of view, you might say we are already moving in this direction. :-) A large number of people consume e-mail using HTTP, so it has in many cases replaced IMAP and POP. We also send e-mail using HTTP, both through web
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Even if the products are very similar, you can still compete on price or customer service - or just marketing. If you get there first and/or make some deals with organizations (martial arts clubs tend to talk to each other a lot and organiz
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I disagree. I might not spring for an EV cert in most cases, but using basic encryption to protect against casual eavesdropping should be the rule, not the exception.
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I very frequently use netcat (or openssl s_client for HTTPS servers) to connect directly to a server I am debugging. It could be argued that there is no "need" for this, but I find myself doing it quite frequently all the same. That may ha
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Theoretically, sure. In practice, things in that part of the world are very, very poorly regulated and people are just trying to get by as well as they can. If I was going to fight every single social problem I saw on that trip, I wouldn't
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
About a year ago I bought what I thought was a 32GB USB drive - turns out it was only 1GB with dodgy firmware. This was in Bolivia. I managed to get it exchanged (in itself a story: http://bre.klaki.net/dagbok/faerslur/1263420810.shtml ),
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I would love to hear some discussions on this. For example, I wonder how much it matters how tech-savvy users are? I'm currently looking at a mixed model at http://pagekite.net/ , pay-as-you-go for bandwidth usage OR tiered monthly subscr
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I am working on my start-up: http://pagekite.net/ PageKite aims to make it super-easy for people to self-host websites or other servers by solving all the problems caused by IP address shortages and unfriendly firewalls. At the current ea
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
It's not just about time you can save right now, it is also about risk. Depending on a 3rd party, proprietary solution may be considered a form of technical debt. If (or when) the 3rd party raises their prices, goes out of business or does
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I think generally people want solutions to whatever problems they have (boredom may be considered a problem, thus paying for entertainment). How acute and urgent the problems are determines what people are willing to pay - whether they pay
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Generally speaking, I think users are better served by uncrippled products. Preferably open source. All the time spent building copy protection, is time NOT spent on useful features, tech support or bug-fixes. But I'm a free software zealot
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
The article also covers the same issue in Python and shows how to drastically reduce memory usage. Pretty awesome stuff!
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Taking "Deployment" Out of Web Development(pagekite.net)
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Cool! We're actually doing a pilot program right now to try and better understand the needs of web developers who use PageKite, so be in touch if you'd like to be part of that.
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Have you looked at http://pagekite.net/ ? It's a generic "expose my local HTTP server to the Internet" tool, designed to be really convenient and easy to set up (assuming you already have a local HTTP server). If I understand you correctl
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
Combine this with http://pagekite.net/ (my project) and it can be visible to the wider Internet, not just your local LAN. :-)
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
I'm mostly thinking about the arbitrator scenario, or key escrow for each report. Your current scheme suffers from the fact that once the report has been generated, the only person that can verify that a given document is the same as the su
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by HerraBRE 16y ago
That is exactly what I don't want. :-) I want the same random key sent to multiple recipients. That way they can all verify that they are seeing the same thing. Edit: Just to clarify, without using the same random key for all recipients,

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