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   Magical Cat (koteisaev@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 15-May-2026 08:01:26 JST Magical Cat

   I accidentally found that Let's Encrypt certificates for IP address are generally available: https://letsencrypt.org/2026/01/15/6day-and-ip-general-availability
   Have anyone tried to use them?
   I remember about these ideas to avoid centralized DNS and use kind of phonebook instead, like:
   1.2.3.4 latest news
   199.100.100.211 tasty meals
   12.13.14.15 Jane blog

   Such idea described @aral in this https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/ (Web Numbers) article and now seems to be more doable.

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Feb-2026 23:15:22 JST Aral Balkan

   🥳 New Kitten release

   The release I pushed a few minutes ago bring preliminary Web Numbers¹ support to Kitten.

   What are Web Numbers? Well, they’re just a friendlier name for IP Addresses, now that we can deploy secure sites at them. They’re also a cornerstone of how I’m implementing the Small Web.

   Web Numbers support isn’t documented yet and isn’t implemented for the `kitten deploy` command but you can play with it, if you like, by passing the --ipv4 or --ipv6 flags to the `kitten` command. The IPv4/stable IPv6 address detection is automatic and uses https://ip.small-web.org for the former (and, of course, no data is collected or stored because it’s us).

   https://kitten.small-web.org

   Enjoy!

   :kitten: 💕

   ¹ https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 24-Jan-2026 08:58:46 JST Aral Balkan

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   Huh… just noticed something interesting that looks like it’s going to be another advantage to Web Numbers¹… look at these Kitten² screenshots and tell me if you can spot something unexpected.

   Hint: it’s what’s missing.

   There are no 404 errors for common hack attempts trying to exploit WordPress vulnerabilities, etc. In fact, it’s entirely quiet. Because those folks watch DNS :)

   ¹ https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
   ² https://kitten.small-web.org/

   #WebNumbers #SmallWeb #peerToPeerWeb #personalWeb #Kitten #SmallTech

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2026 02:56:34 JST Aral Balkan

   🥳 Multiple major releases today

   • @small-tech/auto-encrypt v5.0.0 (https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt#readme)
   • @small-tech/auto-encrypt-localhost v10.0.0 (https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt-localhost/#readme)
   • @small-tech/https v6.0.0 (https://codeberg.org/small-tech/https/#readme)

   These releases bring short-lived certificates, IP Address (IPv4 and IPv6) support, and ACME Renewal Information (ARI) support to Auto Encrypt and @small-tech/https, implement a consistent asynchronous API across all three packages, and include loads of little fixes and code quality improvements.

   This brings us very close to getting Web Numbers¹ support implemented natively in Kitten².

   OCSP support is removed from Auto Encrypt and Windows support is dropped from all three packages as Microsoft is complicit in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people³ and Small Technology Foundation⁴ stands in solidarity with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Furthermore, Windows is an ad-infested and surveillance-ridden dumpster fire of an operating system and, alongside supporting genocide, you are putting both yourself and others at risk by using it.

   Enjoy!

   💕

   🇵🇸 To support families facing genocide in Gaza, consider donating to them via Gaza Verified: https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

   ¹ https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
   ² https://kitten.small-web.org/
   ³ https://www.bdsmovement.net/microsoft
   ⁴ https://small-tech.org/

   #SmallWeb #SmallTech #AutoEncrypt #AutoEncryptLocalhost #https #TLS #NodeJS #web #dev #ACME #LetsEncrypt #WebNumbers #Kitten #BDS #Palestine #Gaza #FreePalestine

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 03:17:30 JST Aral Balkan

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   So, going forward, Auto Encrypt¹, Kitten², and Catalyst³ will be seamlessly (automatically; with zero config) supporting Web Numbers⁴ (IPv4, IPv6), and, of course, should you want to point one at your server for old time’s sake, legacy domain names too.

   I still have some dev to do on this on the Kitten side of things but I’m hugely excited about being able to remove another centralised component – DNS – from the Small Web⁵ (peer-to-peer, personal web) as we inch nearer to making it available this year to everyday people who use technology as an everyday thing.

   ¹ https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt
   ² https://kitten.small-web.org
   ³ https://catalyst.small-web.org
   ⁴ https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
   ⁵ https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/

   #SmallWeb #SmallTech #SmallTechnologyFoundation #peerToPeerWeb #personalWeb #WebNumbers #decentralisation #web #dev #humanRights #democracy

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 22-Dec-2025 03:46:43 JST Aral Balkan

   Just added Web Reachability API (at least that’s what I’m calling it) support to https://ip.small-web.org.

   It’s for testing the reachability of your Small Web servers (using a domain or, more importantly, an IPv4/IPv6 address). I’m using it to implement Web Numbers¹ support in Auto Encrypt² and Kitten³.

   Protocol:

   • At http://<endpoint> return an empty HTTP 200 response that includes the following custom header: 'web-reachability-id': ‘<uuid>'
   • Hit: https://ip.small-web.org/reach/<endpoint>/<uuid>/
   • If you get a 200 response back, your endpoint is reachable. Anything else signals an error.

   Enjoy! 💕

   ¹ https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
   ² https://codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-encrypt
   ³ https://kitten.small-web.org

   #WebReachabilityAPI #WebNumbers #IpAddresses #reachability #Kitten #AutoEncrypt #SmallWeb #peerToPeerWeb #SmallTech