Sn_httpd - Serving Autonomi data over HTTP

Fyi, I managed to get Foxyproxy working on android with Firefox. It lets me whitelist a specific *.autonomi URL pattern to send to sn_httpd.

As android proxy settings are usually system wide and exclude only, this is great news.

I can now dedicate firefox to autonomi only or let it do clearnet and autonomi. Then chrome (or whatever) can still be used for regular clearnet browsing.

Why does it matter? It is cool to use DNS style resolution instead or xor addresses. It is gives us an easy way to do this on android.


(Vader is just my wee server at home)

Also, as android can run sn_httpd in termux, out of the box (just turn hotspot on to get a dns resolver for seed servers), it gives us more options. Both the browser and server can run on the device, avoiding external hosting, etc.

In fact, we can also resolve everything in a path only way, e.g. http://autonomi/traktion/streaming.html

There could be security issues/benefits, but interesting option.

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