Show HN: I wrote a ~2KB executable file HTTP file downloader without Libc(github.com)
8 pointsby DenisDolya7 hours ago2 comments
  • Retr0id5 hours ago
    I did a <4KB one that supports DNS+TLS (albeit insecurely) https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/kurl/
    • DenisDolya4 hours ago
      This is of course great, and very creative, but why not use an HTTP proxy if this TLS is still unprotected?

      Did I misunderstand something?

      • Retr0id4 hours ago
        Many servers support TLS only, so implementing the client side of TLS was a matter of compatibility, not security. If external dependencies are allowed then why not just use libcurl?
  • indigodaddy6 hours ago
    Does this do anything curl can’t or are we just enthralled with the tininess?
    • DenisDolya6 hours ago
      Actually hfile has nothing new, So the basic philosophy here is a small binary.