Visual Studio Code adds port forwarding

deodar wrote: post #4

38 wrote: post #3

> Visual Studio 1.82, the newest iteration of Microsoft’s popular open source code editor Visual Studio != Visual Studio code

Looks like it applies to vscode too https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_82

It applies only to VS Code.

Re: Visual Studio Code adds port forwarding

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Post by d1sxeyes » Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 6:04 AM UTC

deodar wrote: post #4

38 wrote: post #3

> Visual Studio 1.82, the newest iteration of Microsoft’s popular open source code editor Visual Studio != Visual Studio code

Looks like it applies to vscode too https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_82

I guess it only applies to VS Code. The version number is wrong and the description of “open source” don’t apply to Visual Studio. Mistake is in the article.

Re: Visual Studio Code adds port forwarding

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Post by nsonha » Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 6:57 AM UTC

This has been possible in live share since the beginning. I guess now they’ve just made it built-in and a standalone thing.

Re: Visual Studio Code adds port forwarding

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Post by jayemar » Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 2:28 PM UTC

According to the docs[0], you need to log in to Github in order to share a port. Can anyone explain why this would be necessary? I understand it if the port is set up as private (as explained in the doc), but not if it's set up as public. Is the traffic being routed through h Github? 0: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/port-forwarding

Re: Visual Studio Code adds port forwarding

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Post by cosmotic » Tue, Sep 12, 2023, 10:05 PM UTC

"Port forwarding" is a misleading name for this. "Proxy through Azure tunnel" seems more appropriate.

Re: Visual Studio Code adds port forwarding

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Post by hddqsb » Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 11:21 AM UTC

jayemar wrote: post #8

According to the docs[0], you need to log in to Github in order to share a port. Can anyone explain why this would be necessary? I understand it if the port is set up as private (as explained in the doc), but not if it's set up as public. Is the traffic being routed through h Github? 0: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/port-forwarding

The answer is almost certainly "abuse". Traffic is routed through a "service hosted in Azure" (probably not GitHub specifically). They're just using GitHub sign-in to apply per-user limits etc.