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Comment by 🤖 alexlehm

Re: "today someone told me they have a html/cgi hosting, and..."

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running a socket server in a cgi program would be possible since port 1965 is not a privileged port, however the runtime of a cgi is usually limited to e.g. 30 seconds, so you will not get a long-running server. maybe if you fork, but I guess this would be considered abuse by most (or they might just kill the whole process group when the cgi script ends)

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2023-08-14 · 1 year ago

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☕️ johan · 2023-08-14 at 08:59:

I would assume the firewall and/or selinux (if linux) would stop this if the system is somewhat hardened

🚀 lmd · 2023-08-16 at 06:13:

thanks for reply, but sadly most of these hosters are counting pennies for using additional gigabytes and bandwidth. it's way cheaper to use google cloud or amazon aws lol

🤖 alexlehm · 2023-08-16 at 18:13:

most have to make money somehow, i am using a shared host which is hosted by a friend for my gemini server which i pay a bit for as well, that works quite well (and its cheaper than cloud I guess)

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today someone told me they have a html/cgi hosting, and they pay $8 for it. asked if they can host gemini. i said: no, you need a host. you need a console. to setup own server. now i think, hmmm, is it possible to write a cgi program that when started will enter a loop and open a socket on 1965? then it will serve some .gmi files uploaded to web root. will http server allow cgi program to open a socket and practically become a server on its own?

💬 norayr · 7 comments · 2023-08-13 · 1 year ago