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mkcert
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You Can't Follow Me
The author mentions difficulties with HTTPS and trying stuff locally.
I've had some success with mkcert [1] to easily create certificates trusted by browsers, I can suggest to look into this. You are your own root CA, I think it can work without an internet connection.
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10 reasons you should quit your HTTP client
Well, Certifi does not ship with your company's certificates! So requesting internal services may come with additional painful extra steps! Also for a local development environment that uses mkcert for example!
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Show HN: Anchor – developer-friendly private CAs for internal TLS
My project, getlocalcert.net[1] may be the one you're thinking of.
Since I'm also building in this space, I'll give my perspective. Local certificate generation is complicated. If you spend the time, you can figure it out, but it's begging for a simpler solution. You can use tools like mkcert[2] for anything that's local to your machine. However, if you're already using ACME in production, maybe you'd prefer to use ACME locally? I think that's what Anchor offers, a unified approach.
There's a couple references in the Anchor blog about solving the distribution problem by building better tooling[3]. I'm eager to learn more, that's a tough nut to crack. My theory for getlocalcert is that the distribution problem is too difficult (for me) to solve, so I layer the tool on top of Let's Encrypt certificates instead. The end result for both tools is a trusted TLS certificate issued via ACME automation.
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36674224
2. https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert
3. https://blog.anchor.dev/the-acme-gap-introducing-anchor-part...
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Running one’s own root Certificate Authority in 2023
Looks like step-ca/step-cli [1] and mkcert [2] have been mentioned. Another related tool is XCA [3] - a gui tool to manage CAs and server/client TLS certificates. It takes off some of the tedium in using openssl cli directly. It also stores the certs and keys in an encrypted database. It doesn't solve the problem of getting the root CA certificate into the system store or of hosting the revocation list. I use XCA to create and store the root CA. Intermediate CAs signed with it are passed to other issuers like vault and step-issuer.
[1] https://smallstep.com/docs/step-ca/
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Show HN: Local development with .local domains and HTTPS
We use mkcert for this, it works wonderfully.
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Implementing TLS in Kubernetes
mkcert: This is used to obtain a trusted TLS certificate with a custom domain name for your development machine. You can install mkcert on your development machine following the official instructions.
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Easy HTTPS for your private networks
I've been pretty frustrated with how private CAs are supported. Your private root CA can be maliciously used to MITM every domain on the Internet, even though you intend to use it for only a couple domain names. Most people forget to set Name Constraints when they create these and many helper tools lack support [1][2]. Worse, browser support for Name Constraints has been slow [3] and support isn't well tracked [4]. Public CAs give you certificate transparency and you can subscribe to events to detect mis-issuance. Some hosted private CAs like AWS's offer logs [5], but DIY setups don't.
Even still, there are a lot of folks happily using private CAs, they aren't the target audience for this initial release.
[1] https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/302
[2] https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/issues/3655
[3] https://alexsci.com/blog/name-non-constraint/
[4] https://github.com/Netflix/bettertls/issues/19
[5] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/userguide/secur...
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Quick Start: VS Code Setup for Kintone Customization Development
mkcert command-line tool that generates locally-trusted development certificates
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uBlock (via EasyList) now blocks domains that resolve to localhost
> if you're developing software you should probably be running without any addons like uBlock enabled to prevent surprises in production for your non-uBlock users.
It seems to me there's a higher risk that uBlock blocks something and break something than uBlock making something work that wouldn't for people not having it. I once had a filter block something called /share/ or share.js, fortunately I noticed during the development.
> Besides that, you can't get HTTPS for these domains (without the mess of a custom CA and even then you'll run into CT issues)
Indeed. I recently had to do this and found mkcert [1] which makes it very easy to do. But it's overkill for most situations.
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Managing local SSL certificates without port
As I like automation scripts, I have created a script to automate to create local certifications (supported by mkcert) and remove the PORT's from the url through a proxy with Docker image base on Nginx.
Express
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Full Stack Web Development Concept map
express - one of the most popular middleware tools, lightweight and easy to learn. docs
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How to convert exist nodejs/expressjs app from javascript to typescript, the painless way
Converting a large Express.js application from JavaScript to TypeScript can be a challenging task. For many applications, this represents a significant portion of their technical debt, as the process may span many days, if not months, and new changes are typically not allowed during the conversion.
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Why I keep an eye on the Vue ecosystem and you should too
Nitro is a nice https webserver that you can deploy everywhere. Comparing it to express, it doesn't need weird middlewares for json, it has a simple way to support caching, a file system router, tasks and scheduled tasks that avoid quite a few shell scripts, db:migrations etc, plugins, KV storages, SQL connectors, websockets...
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Meteor v3 uses express under the hood – How to use and deploy it.
As you might have seen from this PR and in our forums Meteor v3(it is still in beta, but you can follow the progress here) will be released with a new engine, expressjs.
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Um júnior e um teste técnico: The battle.
Express JS
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The Ultimate Roadmap to a Full-Stack Developer
Express.js Documentation - Official documentation for Express.js, a minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework for backend development. Express.js Documentation
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Preventing SQL injection attacks in Node.js
To better understand how SQL injection works, let's quickly create a vulnerable app using Node.js, Express, and a PostgreSQL database. The application takes user input from a form, constructs a SQL query, and executes it against the database to fetch some data.
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WebSocket vs. HTTP communication protocols
Of course, this separation does depend on your application’s architecture. Consider a similar situation where your application and web server are implemented together in the same process, such as a Node.js Express app. A fatal error here will also terminate the web server, limiting the usefulness of the error that the client will receive.
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Rust GraphQL APIs for NodeJS Developers: Introduction
Actix-web, while not as feature-rich as NestJS, resembles lighter-weight frameworks such as Fastify or Express. This means much of the folder structure and architectural decisions are left to the developer. I recommend adopting a Model-Service-Resolver (MSR) structure for your application, consisting of:
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How to Handle File Uploads with Node.js and Express
Basic knowledge of JavaScript and Express
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