Show HN: I wrote a ~2KB executable file HTTP file downloader without Libc github.com 9 points by DenisDolya 3 days ago
goosethe 2 days ago https://gist.github.com/seanwevans/3e9ba17431d5464092d0fb839...this compiles to 10kb on my machine with no golfing. it literally just supports grabbing whatever is at the url given (http 1.0)
Retr0id 3 days ago I did a <4KB one that supports DNS+TLS (albeit insecurely) https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/kurl/ DenisDolya 3 days ago This is of course great, and very creative, but why not use an HTTP proxy if this TLS is still unprotected?Did I misunderstand something? Retr0id 3 days ago Many servers support TLS only, so implementing the client side of TLS was a matter of compatibility, not security. If external dependencies are allowed then why not just use libcurl?
DenisDolya 3 days ago This is of course great, and very creative, but why not use an HTTP proxy if this TLS is still unprotected?Did I misunderstand something? Retr0id 3 days ago Many servers support TLS only, so implementing the client side of TLS was a matter of compatibility, not security. If external dependencies are allowed then why not just use libcurl?
Retr0id 3 days ago Many servers support TLS only, so implementing the client side of TLS was a matter of compatibility, not security. If external dependencies are allowed then why not just use libcurl?
indigodaddy 3 days ago Does this do anything curl can’t or are we just enthralled with the tininess? DenisDolya 3 days ago Actually hfile has nothing new, So the basic philosophy here is a small binary.
DenisDolya 3 days ago Actually hfile has nothing new, So the basic philosophy here is a small binary.
https://gist.github.com/seanwevans/3e9ba17431d5464092d0fb839...
this compiles to 10kb on my machine with no golfing. it literally just supports grabbing whatever is at the url given (http 1.0)
I did a <4KB one that supports DNS+TLS (albeit insecurely) https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/kurl/
This is of course great, and very creative, but why not use an HTTP proxy if this TLS is still unprotected?
Did I misunderstand something?
Many servers support TLS only, so implementing the client side of TLS was a matter of compatibility, not security. If external dependencies are allowed then why not just use libcurl?
Does this do anything curl can’t or are we just enthralled with the tininess?
Actually hfile has nothing new, So the basic philosophy here is a small binary.