/password-server

A simple http sever that protected others from access data directly.

Primary LanguagePython

password-server

A simple http sever that protected others from access data directly.

  • It is not a secure server
  • It is not for commercial usage
  • Recommended usage: want to show files on a server in a short time with protection.
    • show files: visualize or download files
    • in a short time: just take a look of the file
    • with protection: simple protection, which is not safe for long term usage.

What does the server do?

  • python provides simple http server which can access files under the data directory.
python3 -m http.server [port num]
  • password-server requires password before access the files.
    • An allowed ip can access direcly.
    • An ip would be banned if it attemps to login more than 3 times.

Usage

python3 password_server.py [port num] --dir [the directory to show files]

Requirements

  • Python 3.6+