Client v0.9.16

Published at June 16, 2020 ·  2 min read

This update includes some bug fixes and some new features. We fixed a dead-lock in our client that preventing tunnels from re-connecting when disconnected so this update is highly recommended. Fixed Dead-Lock We discovered a dead-lock issue that was introduced in an earlier release that impacted clients that used Let’s Encrypt for custom domains. The client periodically checks for opportunities to renew certificates with Let’s Encrypt and then does. This dead-lock would basically lock up any requests to custom domain using Let’s Encrypt after 12 hours....

Client v0.9.11

Published at April 17, 2020 ·  3 min read

This update includes several new features that will make using the Packetriot client easier and broader the use-cases it can support. We’ve also made some small updates on existing features too. Find the updates on our downloads page. Use docker pull packetriot/pktriot:0.9.10 to grab our latest x84-64 container image. New Features Instant TCP Forwarding Instant TCP Forwarding is identical to the Instant HTTP service available using the http command with the client....

Client v0.9.10

Published at March 23, 2020 ·  3 min read

We added DNS-over-HTTPS support in the last release (v0.9.9). It looks like some users may have had some issues. I think it may be due to some network blocking DNS requests to non-managed servers. E.g (blocking 8.8.8.8, 1.1.1.1, …). Some corporate network admins do this. We’ve added a new flag --doh in the configure command and also a field in the configuration file that can be set so that the client will use DNS-over-HTTPS or not (the local DNS system resolver)....

Spokes v0.9.11 Updates

Published at March 23, 2020 ·  5 min read

We don’t talk often about Spokes, our self-hosted server, but we’ve been busy making updates to it the past few weeks and we have some updates and new features we think are going to really helpful with managing your Spokes sever. Every wanted to self-host ngrok or an alternative? Spokes can do all that and you can re-use the Packetriot client that provides more modern features than these other services....

Blocking Disposable Emails

Published at February 28, 2020 ·  6 min read

There are legitimate reasons why some users decide to use a disposable or temporary email to sign up for a service. They just want to try it out and don’t want more email (or spam) in their inbox, I get it. However, there’s other users, and some bots, where it’s a means to stuff accounts on your website or abuse your service. This can mess with the metrics your tracking to measure the popularity or growth of your website....

Local Hosting Tools

Published at November 18, 2019 ·  7 min read

Local Hosting tools are useful to developers in many scenarios. There’s many tools and providers to choose from and they are all built around the basic purpose of providing access to a locally running service that would otherwise be inaccessible to the Internet. This solves a lot of problems in web development. The most basic is testing your code or sharing it with your team or a client. In other scenarios they make it possible to develop and test with an API that expect an HTTP/S callback to be publicly available....