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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 00:48:15 JST Aral Balkan

   Yay, first shot of Auto Encrypt¹ running a https server at a Web Number (IP address).

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

   Next step: find out why some of the tests are failing on the Linux box, fix, and implement Web Numbers support in Kitten² and Catalyst³.

   ¹ https://kitten.small-web.org
   ² https://catalyst.small-web.org
   ³ https://catalyst.small-web.org/

   #WebNumbers #SmallWeb #AutoEncrypt #Kitten #Catalyst #peerToPeer #web #dev

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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