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📡 Today I built a HTTP proxy that lets all the old computers in the world surf the web too Browsers from before 2013 don't support modern HTTPS so they literally can't acces any website That's very sad for all the old cute retro computers who also wanna go... show more
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pieter in the middle attack is a thing now
does this mean I can browse modern websites on my 3ds now?
Yes
awesome
That’s a real problem. I had this problem when trying to browse the internet with my old MacBook Air from mid-2012. The last OS it supported was Catalina from 2019, and that’s too old to support versions of Chrome that are new enough for browsing many sites. So instead of using macOS, Claude helped me install Linux Xubuntu, and now the old machine works again, and it can browse using a Linux browser (forgot the name). The cool thing is the MacBook Air still has the glowing Apple logo on the back. Apple got rid of it in later MacBook designs. Hopefully they can bring it back someday.
Ah man yes I had this glowing Apple logo too
I got a proxy live on my Raspberry Pi for my 1995 Macintosh, and it works for basic sites, but most sites still don't work because of enforced https. Does yours get around this?? I'm new to all this but would love to get this Mac fully online.
Watch out for people using your IP address for bad stuff 😅
Yes, it's heavily rate limited etc.
letting old computers surf the web is so cool
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It’s actually a huge problem for digital preservation. The "Great Filter" of TLS 1.2/1.3 effectively erased 20 years of hardware history from the live internet. By building this bridge, you aren't just "vibecoding"; you are doing active Internet Archiving. Keeping these machines online is the only way to truly understand the constraints that built the early web.
This just feels like a rehash of the old net and frog find all over again These projects already exist and have already been developed before What’s different about yours?
Proxying HTTPS to HTTP looks VERY SECURE to me 😂
levelsio: "Old computers deserve the internet too 😞" Me: *Watches my 2013 MacBook struggle to open Gmail* The real question: Is this inclusion or assisted living for geriatric tech? 👴💻 Either way, this is peak "I built it because I can" energy and I'm here for it 🔥
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you frickin rule man
Those poor, poor vintage computers, putting them on today's Internet is like dropping a sheltered country boy into the worst neighborhood in the country buck naked and blind folded. They ain't going to last long.
That is honestly very surprising.
At least those machines knows how to save there memmory by not installing windows in them
just fyi but haproxy can also do this if you need it
More pls
Can it run doom? Or older dos games? Commander keen?
Building retro is so fun!
high level stuff
That is super crazy - pulled out once almost working 2012 MacBook(battery dead, but works on charger). Could not use it because the browser doesn't know the current root certificates and basically useless. Shocking how a computer without the internet looks like a brick.
that is such a cool and unique idea keep it up love seeing your work my friend :) don't block me i am not an AI BOT LOL (Sike) ... double sike
This is the typical male and probably best response to being calling a „“web dev that aint no real programmer“ by a few Neovim & Linux Arch using C or Rust programmers 😂💪🏻
Even the keyboards mahn.. 😍😍
Woahhhhh! This is super cool. Almost wish I had an old computer to try this with 🔥🙏🏽
I dont understand the details at all but sounds pretty nice
Thats dik
Levels you might like seeing what blockchain can do on old computers also.
literally the coolest+nerdiest thing i've seen today. love it!
I don’t get it, it’s a kind of working like a VPN ? You don’t have speed issue regarding the old computer having less RAM?
Yep, nope
mildly interesting 🌞
but this isn't a retro system? this is a pi 5. it's a modern like 2GHz or so ARM chip. now try this in 86box or on real hardware. how well does it work then?
Super cool 😎
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