ALalexellisuk·Oct 16, 2019Submission
Show HN: Inlets (2.5.2) Multi-arch/OS network tunnels
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5 sourcesDid you check inlets? https://github.com/alexellis/inlets
In Ask HN: Any self-hosted alternatives to Ngrok or Serveo for SSH connections?I like that they are using websockets to process the GET requests. I was thinking about this just this week and it occurred to me that the "Host Node" [1] doesn't even need to be a program, it could just be a browser since they also have websockets and a API for getting files. I made a POC (proof-of-concept / piece-of-crap) example for this idea: https://hostyoself.com
[1] https://github.com/alexellis/inlets#intro
In Show HN: Inlets 2.0 – expose your local endpoints to the InternetInteresting, I will definitely try this out. If the Kubernetes ingress integration works well and it's stable, this could be really awesome.
I'm a bit curious about the choice of websockets as a protocol over the tunnel, though. Why is "tunnelling plain (non-HTTP) traffic over TCP" a non-goal? What's the benefit over just tunneling the HTTP traffic over a reverse SSH tunnel or similar?
EDIT: Maybe it's just a question of the author finding websockets "good enough" (despite performance overhead) and wanting to keep the scope small with a single implementation that isn't really going anywhere. Here a suggestion on using WebRTC instead of Websockets: https://github.com/alexellis/inlets/issues/49
> Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into webrtc when I get time, but for the time-being I think web sockets are going to be the way inlets works.
In Show HN: Inlets 2.0 – expose your local endpoints to the InternetShow HN: Inlets – Expose your local endpoints to the Internet
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