I’ve been able to set up sending and listening to http requests locally using 127.0.0.1:8000. I want to try doing it using the internet now.

I have a VPN with port forwarding enabled, but sending requests to that IP address and port does not yield a response like it did when doing it locally.

Can anyone clarify which address I should be listening on in order to receive http requests from the internet? I tried 0.0.0.0 and a few inet addresses from ip add, but none of them work.

  • Scrubbles
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    223 hours ago

    From what I’ve gathered, either this guy is honestly trying to learn how to set up an http server that he built, which great but good luck finding a von that will NAT requests to you… Or …

    He thinks internet traffic is blasted to every computer out there and wants to “listen” for it. Honestly I can’t tell and they can’t describe the problem in a way where we can help them

    • @gedhrel
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      112 hours ago

      Seems like lots of vpn providers offer port forwarding after a fashion. It surprised me too but there were summary comparisons just a search away.

    • Possibly linux
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      221 hours ago

      The person above probably should not be exposing something to the internet.

      Chances are they just want a simple environment to play in which is easily provided by either a virtual lab or a local network.

      • Scrubbles
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        020 hours ago

        Agreed. I’ve been self hosting for well over a decade now and I can count how many services I expose on one hand, and they are very curated. He’s trying to convince people he knows what he’s doing, but I’m not convinced he’s not trying to be a leet haxxor