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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 03:49:18 JST Aral Balkan

   Hey folks, I just released Auto Encrypt Localhost* v8.4.0 with better async support and updated dependencies.

   https://www.npmjs.com/package/@small-tech/auto-encrypt-localhost

   * My pure JavaScript module (no mkcert, certutil, etc., required) that automatically provisions and installs locally-trusted TLS certificates for Node.js https servers.

   (There seems to be an issue with tests failing on macOS, will debug that tomorrow and likely post a patch release.)

   #AutoEncryptLocalhost #https #mkcert #certutil #JavaScript #js #nodeJS

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 06:14:05 JST Aral Balkan

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     • 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱【ツ】☮(📍🇬🇧)

     @serapath So you have consistency between dev and production. I have a module called @small-tech/https that automatically does the right thing regardless of whether you’re on localhost or production. One less thing to worry about/special case.

   • 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱【ツ】☮(📍🇬🇧) (serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 06:14:06 JST 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱【ツ】☮(📍🇬🇧)

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     @aral i love the module.
     one question i have is, why is it needed.

     isnt localhost supposed to be a secure origin and also, dont all features work as they are on localhost already?

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 10-Mar-2024 16:47:43 JST Aral Balkan

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     • 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱【ツ】☮(📍🇬🇧)

     @serapath PS. Also, another thing it allows you to do is to test from other devices on your local network via IP address (the certificate automatically supports all local IP addresses your dev machine is reachable from). So you don’t need to use a VPN / ngrok / pagekite, etc., to test your sites with multiple devices if they use https-only features.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 02:09:38 JST Aral Balkan

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     Quick update: the failing tests were apparently because I had my VPN on on macOS (that was creating an additional IPv4 interface that was getting picked up by the tests that check that your server is accessible via a valid TLS certificate from all available local IPs).

     So no patch necessary :)

     #AutoEncryptLocalhost #https #mkcert #certutil #JavaScript #js #nodeJS #macOS