Aral BalkanDec 21

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

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Show threadAral BalkanDec 19

🎉 Another quick Node Pebble release (version 5.4.0)

• Adds short-lived profile support. (Thanks to Aaron Gable for showing me how¹)

This should help if you’re implementing support for IP-address certificates.

https://codeberg.org/small-tech/node-pebble

Related: Read up on how the Small Web will launch next year using Web Numbers:

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

Enjoy! 💕

¹ https://github.com/letsencrypt/pebble/issues/525

#SmallWeb #SmallTech #NodePebble #LetsEncrypt #peerToPeerWeb #WebNumbers

node-pebble

A Node.js wrapper for Let’s Encrypt’s Pebble (a small RFC 8555 ACME test server not suited for a production certificate authority)

Codeberg.org
Hacker NewsJun 29

Web Numbers

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

#HackerNews #WebNumbers #DataAnalysis #TechTrends #InternetStatistics #DigitalGrowth

Web Numbers

Domains? Where we’re going, we don’t need domains! Until the end of this year, the only way to have a secure web site is to have it accessible via a domain name. That, however, is changing. And the design of the Small Web will be changing along with it. IP addresses are about to make a comeback on the web in a big (ok, small) way, thanks to upcoming support for security certificates for IP addresses by Let’s Encrypt.

Aral Balkan
Aral BalkanJun 26

Thanking the @letsencrypt folks for the excellent work they do, and especially for their upcoming support for security certificates for IP addresses which is nothing short of revolutionary for the future of the (Small) Web.

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/getting-ready-to-issue-ip-address-certificates/238777/22

#SmallWeb #security #IPAddresses #WebNumbers #LetsEncrypt #SmallTech #decentralisation #peerToPeerWeb #findability

Aral BalkanJun 25

Introducing Web Numbers

Domains? Where we’re going, we don’t need domains!

Get ready for an exciting new (old?) way to address (small) web sites in 2026.

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

💕

(Thanks to @letsencrypt.)

#WebNumbers #SmallWeb #domainNames #IPAddresses #TLS #HTTPS #LetsEncrypt #web #decentralisation #SmallTech

Web Numbers

Domains? Where we’re going, we don’t need domains! Until the end of this year, the only way to have a secure web site is to have it accessible via a domain name. That, however, is changing. And the design of the Small Web will be changing along with it. IP addresses are about to make a comeback on the web in a big (ok, small) way, thanks to upcoming support for security certificates for IP addresses by Let’s Encrypt.

Aral Balkan