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« Last post by mzw18667 on July 26, 2024, 02:33:55 AM »good to know, thanks.
It's time for me to get back to work,Take care, and be healthy.
until next time, goodbye...
Leo.-
May I ask why you don't have enough free time?The answer is simple: life is very uneven where I live, and it can be tough for those who are not lucky to have a great job. Having 2 or more jobs to survive is something normal here, that's why there is no free time. And programming isn't my source of income (I've studied programming many years ago, but in the end I dedicated myself to something else). Now I have a hobbyist approach to programming.
Keep in mind that it could take several years before a software gets wider usage. HFS needed 10 to 20 years to get on the position is today. It's not something that happens overnight, no matter how much you want to promote it. Too much promotion, could even be counterproductive, since it might look as something negative for some users. Adding advertisement to software is something that also scare off users, especially in English-speaking countries.Yes, it take years for webd get popular in my native language world too.
Yes, that's true. And those who use PC and run a permanent web server, will probably look for something more powerful/robust to handle a lot of traffic/users (concurrent connections), and they might already use Nginx, Apache, Lighttpd, LiteSpeed Web Server or similar (since they could be computer experts). People in the know are not afraid of using complex software. Personally, although I have some advanced computer knowledge, I always try to keep things simple. That's why I love HFS, because it can be very simple to use, but also very complex if needed.Nowadays, many software programs are too bulky and cumbersome to use and configure, which is one of the motivations behind my development of Webd. This software has indeed helped many people. Many are starting to dislike flashy but impractical software.
If I'm not mistaken, you are from China, and people from there are smarter/intelligent (more geeky persons, open to test new technologies), than in English-speaking countries. There you all could be more comfortable to seeing advertisements than here too. That could be the reason why Webd is very popular there. I have a big respect (and admiration) for people from your country, but you should know that not everyone here have the same concept of your country (the world is very divided today). I do not get carried away by what others say, I evaluate and value people, I do not follow pre-established precepts. However, I am always very cautious when trying new software, no matter what country it comes from (and I like privacy-friendly software).I speak Chinese, but that doesn't mean I am from China. There are other countries where similar forms of Chinese are spoken, such as Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, and communities in many other parts of the world. Because I speak Chinese, I have a better understanding of the situation there. What you see is just the surface; the underlying reason is the severe exploitation, both overt and covert, in that region. People act that way merely as a means of survival.
I also don't have too many friends (I prefer quality friends, to quantity of semi-acquaintances), but you can count on me to help you out, on whatever is possible to me, given my very limited free time. I always try to be active on this forum, helping people who need something (you can find me here and also on Twitter). Well, I have nothing more to say, I hope other users here can leave their opinion about your program.May I ask why you don't have enough free time? In my impression, programmers in the Western world have plenty of free time and a decent standard of living, which allows them to contribute to the open-source community. Some programmers who have immigrated to Western countries say the same thing.
Rejetto (the author of HFS) would like if you try his new HFS3, and leave your opinion about it.
I'm not discouraged by your message, just the data tell the truth.Keep in mind that it could take several years before a software gets wider usage. HFS needed 10 to 20 years to get on the position is today. It's not something that happens overnight, no matter how much you want to promote it. Too much promotion, could even be counterproductive, since it might look as something negative for some users. Adding advertisement to software is something that also scare off users, especially in English-speaking countries.
Now days, people rather to use web app. Less and less people still use PC.Yes, that's true. And those who use PC and run a permanent web server, will probably look for something more powerful/robust to handle a lot of traffic/users (concurrent connections), and they might already use Nginx, Apache, Lighttpd, LiteSpeed Web Server or similar (since they could be computer experts). People in the know are not afraid of using complex software. Personally, although I have some advanced computer knowledge, I always try to keep things simple. That's why I love HFS, because it can be very simple to use, but also very complex if needed.
I don't known why Webd is very popular only in my native language worldIf I'm not mistaken, you are from China, and people from there are smarter/intelligent (more geeky persons, open to test new technologies), than in English-speaking countries. There you all could be more comfortable to seeing advertisements than here too. That could be the reason why Webd is very popular there. I have a big respect (and admiration) for people from your country, but you should know that not everyone here have the same concept of your country (the world is very divided today). I do not get carried away by what others say, I evaluate and value people, I do not follow pre-established precepts. However, I am always very cautious when trying new software, no matter what country it comes from (and I like privacy-friendly software).
And even worse I don't have much friends :'(I also don't have too many friends (I prefer quality friends, to quantity of semi-acquaintances), but you can count on me to help you out, on whatever is possible to me, given my very limited free time. I always try to be active on this forum, helping people who need something (you can find me here and also on Twitter). Well, I have nothing more to say, I hope other users here can leave their opinion about your program.
I've run Webd with administrator rights (my mistake). But I could have bad luck with my graphic card, and it might be a mere coincidence that was testing your software. Please don't feel bad.
Please don't feel discouraged by my message.
» To tell the true, I was a little paranoid, because lately there are too many people attacking old HFS versions (v2.3m and v2.4), like if they were doing on purpose, to discourage others running local home servers. I know this is totally unrelated, but it's to give you some context about my last message.
If you have some friends with Delphi/Pascal knowledge, you can tell them to give a hand to find a solution to this vulnerability (CVE-2024-23692), which is explained here: https://github.com/drapid/HFS/issues/3
You can still be a hero here...
Did you run it unprivileged?I've run Webd with administrator rights (my mistake). But I could have bad luck with my graphic card, and it might be a mere coincidence that was testing your software. Please don't feel bad.
I think I won't give much time on apps like webd any more, It not worth it.Please don't feel discouraged by my message.
I have some bad news, but please don't panic. After testing "Webd", HTTP Web Server (webd.cf/webd), everything seems to be fine (at least, at first sight it works), but when I've analyzed with an "online antivirus" (which does a sandbox analysis), the results were not so good. I've thought it was only a 'false positive', but 24hs later of testing 'Webd', my graphics card suddenly died (nothing really important, since I've tested this on an unimportant PC), but I can't be 100% sure if this was a mere coincidence or not.Sorry to hear that about your graphics card.
After all, according to the sandbox analysis, this software has too many 'Suspicious Indicators', one of them is having driver access ("Contains ability to start/interact with device drivers"). So, I wouldn't take the chance of run this again (at least not directly on hardware, but using a 'Virtual Machine'). The lesson was learned. I always try to trust the programmer behind a software, but when things go wrong (for whatever reason), this trust is lost, and then it's very hard to recover.
I'm commenting this to the rest of the forum community, to make you all aware about the possible consequences of running this software, and how it was my personal experience with it (only as an informational note). Please don't take this as a final verdict about 'Webd'. Anyone is free to do what think it's best, but I can't recommend this software to anyone, unless you take the risks. The report generated by "Falcon Sandbox" @ Hybrid Analysis, says:
"Malicious"
Threat Score: 50/100
AV Detection: Marked as clean
(See the complete report here)
Since antivirus detection "marked it as clean", you have the final choice to run it or not, and determine if it's really safe to run. That's why I always prefer 'open source' apps, to be able to analyze the software activity directly from the source code (in case it's needed). Well, that's it. I hope you don't get angry with me for saying this. I always try to be friendly and help others (I have a long history on this forum), that's why I must leave this warning notice.
Stay safe,
Leo.-