Ask HN: I'm looking for the self-proclaimed “last private web hosting” site
I'm looking for the self-proclaimed "last private web hosting" site, that requires no name. You could send them $1 USD in the mail with a desired account & password & they would set it up for you.
I think void was in the title. Anyone know?
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[1] https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/faq#Anonymous
"public access unix systems for free speech, established 2000"
They offer free shell accounts with 50MB storage space, HTTP access (http://silenceisdefeat.net/~username), SSH access, email, etc. Very cool place.
You'll need a 24/7 box somewhere, but it could even be behind a residential NAT with only outbound connections (at reduced performance than having a public port). You can easily & transparently move it from one physical place to another; your hash identifies it, not the physical routing location.
I2P includes a webserver, to host the local configuration & status page. You can also host your own public site right from there, by dropping files in the right place. Click "Website" from your console page and it'll tell you what you need to do. The URL will be <some hash>.i2p, but you can register with one of the name servers to give it a more human-friendly <name>.i2p redirect, similar to DNS->IP address.
From quick googling, it doesn't look like Tor includes a webserver, just TCP tunneling that you can set up to talk to an independent local webserver install: https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en
Note the same is possible in I2P if you want to use your own webserver.
I think they ban tor, or new-account tor users (which completely defeats the purpose of using tor in the first place).
http://www.nyx.net/
Will be adding container tech to it at some point.
Note how the sdf page linked elsewhere in this thread is completely clean in that respect. They do have some other issues but at least they try to keep third parties out of the loop.
Apparently, you create a shell, and have this free:
USERS (free) 200MB disk quota / 5,000 files divided into 4 areas
mutt, pop3, imap, icq, twitter, bsflite (aim), local irc games, mud, lynx, gopher, TOPS-20 http://yourlogin.sdf.org (over 50 domains to choose from) traceroute, ping, whois, dig and more - after account validation - inbound ssh, ftp and sftp connections elm, pine, alpine, mailx and rmail webmail interface bash, ksh, tcsh, rc and zsh ed, ex, vi, pico, nano and emacs shell, awk and sed based CGI USENET access (read/post), ClariNET access hundreds of shell/network utilities
They have 'paid' services also, which you can pay for in cash.
http://sdf.org/?join