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Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

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Post by inconshreveable »

stevemk14ebr wrote: post #10

3 important questions: 1) My university blocks LogMeInHamachi which is the main tool i've tried to get around hosting behind a NAT. Will this likely be blocked too, or is it not possible to tell without trying 2) Is there any costs associated with this. Do i ever need to pay 3) Does the person connecting to my server also require a special client or does this appear to them as any standard connection would.

1) it depends on the network. the best way is simply to try it 2) yes 3) nope, they can use whatever standard tooling you already use

Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

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Post by inconshreveable »

ghayes wrote: post #8
inconshreveable wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ngrok's value is for services that don't have public IP addresses (anything behind a NAT or firewall)

Can IPv6 address help address this issue in some circumstances?

Certainly, although even with complete adoption of ipv6, i suspect we'll still see most networks locked down to prevent incoming connections

Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

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Post by inconshreveable »

Arcsech wrote: post #9
inconshreveable wrote: post #2

Hiya there folks - I'm the creator of ngrok, happy to answer any questions

How does this compare to https://localtunnel.github.io/www/ ?

same idea, great project. folks pay for ngrok because it's 1) more reliable 2) more featureful

Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

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Post by kevinburke »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #4
inconshreveable wrote: post #2

Hiya there folks - I'm the creator of ngrok, happy to answer any questions

What's the advantage of using ngrok if I can just add entry to my own domain, say bla.anyofmydomain.com -> 123.123.123.123?

There are really nice features like a local request log, a replay button, a debugger, automatically good TLS, &c &c.

Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

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Post by an_account »

l2dy wrote: post #14
stevemk14ebr wrote: post #10

3 important questions: 1) My university blocks LogMeInHamachi which is the main tool i've tried to get around hosting behind a NAT. Will this likely be blocked too, or is it not possible to tell without trying 2) Is there any costs associated with this. Do i ever need to pay 3) Does the person connecting to my server also require a special client or does this appear to them as any standard connection would.

> 2) Is there any costs associated with this. Do i ever need to pay See https://ngrok.com/product#pricing .

Did the free option go away?

(On my phone now so I can't try it out.)

Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

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Post by vhost- »

I really like ngrok. I use it a lot. I just really dislike how the TCP tunnels work. With HTTP you get a unique subdomain which makes it harder for people to just scan and connect. With TCP, it's always 0.tcp.ngrok.io, so you can just scan that domain and connect to anything that's open.

Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

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Post by notgood »

Arcsech wrote: post #9
inconshreveable wrote: post #2

Hiya there folks - I'm the creator of ngrok, happy to answer any questions

How does this compare to https://localtunnel.github.io/www/ ?

I stopped used ngrok because after opening the tunneled URL a few times it started saying "too many HTTP requests" on a Wordpress project. It is common for those to have many images/scripts/styles so throttling by number of requests makes ngrok unusable, now a happy localtunnel user.

Re: Ngrok: Secure tunnels to localhost

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Post by stpe »

an_account wrote: post #27
l2dy wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 2) Is there any costs associated with this. Do i ever need to pay See https://ngrok.com/product#pricing .

Did the free option go away? (On my phone now so I can't try it out.)

Free option is still there (listed below the plans).
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