Yay, first shot of Auto Encrypt¹ running a HTTPS web server at a Web Number (IP address).
https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
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 https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt#readme
² https://kitten.small-web.org
³ https://catalyst.small-web.org/
#WebNumbers #SmallWeb #AutoEncrypt #Kitten #Catalyst #peerToPeer #web #dev
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 https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt
² https://kitten.small-web.org
³ https://catalyst.small-web.org
⁴ https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
⁵ https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/
#SmallWeb #SmallTech #SmallTechnologyFoundation #peerToPeerWeb #personalWeb #WebNumbers #decentralisation #web #dev #humanRights #democracy
@aral This is exciting. I can't wait to try this out myself!
@R4D10_411310947HY It’s not in main yet but will be soon :)
@aral 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. :(
@FiXato Ah, sorry about that :)
![Screenshot of ssh terminal connected to remote host (aral@linux):
> curl https: //91.98.66.193
Hello, world!
> curl https:// [2a01:4f8:1c1e: 4207:0:0:0:1]
Hello, world!
> curl https:// linux.ar.al
Hello, world!](https://s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/mastodon-aral/media_attachments/files/115/911/788/409/375/860/original/dcc3ab900fc6da6f.jpeg)
