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I know there are lots of methods of sharing now but I want to create a web page and publish it on the web but don't want search engines to find it.I don't even want any custom domain or any domain at all, even an IP address would work.I don't want to pay for anything like web hosting or whatever.

What I would like to do is this:

I would give a url address like 198.67.76.xx.xx:yyyy to someone.(I don't know how this can be achieved).They would open that url using internet and land to a page which I created and wanted them to see. Whoever has this address should be able to access whatever I have shared there. I don't care about file size limits.If they can access only a simple page, my job would be done.

In short, I want to use some kind of primitive technology or primitive system of sharing on internet, if that's what it is.

If it is possible for anyone to assume that specific person as me and me as yourself, you can make a webpage (even a blank one would do) and share it to me by giving me a URL so that I can directly judge if that's what I am looking for. This would be very very great. I'll be grateful. Thank you!

You can use any software you want.

Edit:

Progress Update: So far I've created one HTML page (with input form where inputted data is sent to a local server using post method) and one php file (which helps to receive the data from the html page and insert it into a mySQL database.

What I have done till now:

I installed WAMPserver to get Apache, Mysql PHP etc. all at once. I saved the html file (with <form action="http://localhost/xyz.php "....</form>) in a local directory and I created the php file xyz.php (with ...$_POST['input field name in the html']...) and saved it in the special directory C://wamp64/www/

Now, when I start the WAMPserver (Local server), I can access the php page with the address "http://localhost/xyz.php". Also, whenever I submit a data through the html page, the php page automatically opens and the data gets stored as per the coding in the php file (only when the server is "on", that's a good thing). All this is happening within my own computer and on a local server, not requiring any internet connection.

What I want to do:

I want to share the html page (the web page coded with html, not the file <html>...</html>) globally on the internet or to the specific person only (if possible) who can access the page using the internet (the person is far from my place and is not directly connected with my local server, but through internet, I guess).The inputted data shall still be sent to the mySQL database existing on my local server only, i.e., the php page and the database created within it should remain secret, though the php page opens as the data is inputted in the html page, that's not a problem since the secrecy with whoever is able to input the data is not needed.

My question: How can I do so using WAMPserver or any other software (you can recommend), which must be free.

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    look into onion share
    – totalynotanoob
    Aug 5 at 16:04
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    it will be an .onion site. They generally just have random alpha numeric characters and end with .onion. you can access the site with the Tor Browser
    – totalynotanoob
    Aug 5 at 19:34
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    yes but they need Tor Browser or a different .onion capable browser
    – totalynotanoob
    Aug 6 at 18:37
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    no .onion sites can not be opened by all browsers as they are onion routed
    – totalynotanoob
    Aug 6 at 18:39
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    no, I don't know much about hosting websites. But if you just want to get a website up you really only need apache or nginx
    – totalynotanoob
    Aug 6 at 18:46
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You could use Mongoose Web Server, it's a very lightweight and simple application to host a web page.

Installing and using Mongoose is actually the easy part. The hard part is actually allowing people see your web page over the internet without using a web host that can be crawled by a search engine:

Firewall on your computer:

You would need to create a rule to allow inbound connections to your web server on the port it's hosted at.

On your router:

This is the hardest part as there are many different routers and ways to go about this.

Option 1: Set up port forwarding on your router. This is the safter way to go about this as it limits your computer's exposure to the internet.

Option 2: Put your computer in the DMZ. This is more dangerous as it exposes your computer to the internet.

Share your IP and port:

Once you've set up your firewall and router, you can share your computer's internet IP and port number as a URL with the person you wish to see the page you are hosting IE http://10.12.11.123:8080.

If you have any with the firewall or router settings, I would suggest searching / asking on SuperUser

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  • Thankyou very much sir @JoshZhang This is exactly what I asked. But there are some details I want to know on these: I don't have a routing device neither do I know how to use one, so my question is : Does the person (I am sharing this url with) need a router too or anything else to be able to open the page? For information, that person only has internet and will receive the URL I'll give. Any kind of complexity to that person in opening the page will lead to trouble.
    – Aman Kushwaha
    Aug 10 at 2:53
  • Let's ignore the firewall and router for now. I'm now asking things which are related to this community. "allowing people see your web page over the internet without using a web host.." I can use a web host if it's free, first. Second, the first web page could be password protected so that when some foreign person if, opens my site shall not be able to see anything before entering the password (that I would create, I think this depends on how I design my web page, any software recommendation on this will be appreciated). Third, the domain or subdomain of URL should not contain the name..
    – Aman Kushwaha
    Aug 10 at 3:21
  • ..of the software used. As you showed in the routing method, the URL should look like 10.12.11.123:8080 or similar, but not like a third-party hosted website.
    – Aman Kushwaha
    Aug 10 at 3:22
  • @AmanKushwaha the person you're sharing the URL will not need do anything but go to the URL you gave them. As for your second part of your question, if you wish to have a service host your web site but you only want an IP for the address instead of a name, you could use AWS or Azure, the key part is to not use a DNS.
    – Josh Zhang
    Aug 10 at 13:15
  • Okay. I understand. If I don't use DNS, the URL will not have a domain name. These service AWS and Azure mention something called "static websites". I don't know what does that exactly mean but the website I'll host will take input from the user and the contents in the website should be able to change once published.
    – Aman Kushwaha
    Aug 11 at 8:38
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(low-tech solution)

Set your Apache server to serve HTTPS, then create two pages:

  • index.html (empty)
  • 3752837652938573294572309457238947532948057.html (containing the information you want to make accessible to your friend)

By default Apache will not tell anyone about 3752837652938573294572309457238947532948057.html. If you don't mention it anywhere on the web, search engines will not find it.

If you can send the URL to your friend in a secure way, they will be able to access the page, and thanks to HTTPS the page name will not be sniffable by anyone.

I wrote .html but .php would work too.

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Perhaps you are looking for something like Magic Wormhole?

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  • Thank you for you response. Is it possible for you to share a sample webpage to me using that software?
    – Aman Kushwaha
    Aug 12 at 10:16
  • @AmanKushwaha It is possible, yes. Why do you want to do that? If you just want to see how it works, why not try it yourself through two computers?
    – Xiong Chiamiov
    Aug 12 at 22:19
  • Good question. Answer: because I don't want to (neither have time to) try these many softwares, installing, doing all those things just to know that, this is not what I wanted! Also I want to ask if the other person is required to have magic wormhole software to be able to see my page? I don't have two computers. So I thought instead of asking so many queries I can ask directly to a person who is already using and handy with the software to share a URL saving the time for both of us.
    – Aman Kushwaha
    Aug 13 at 3:30
  • I've edited my question. Please respond if possible. Any help will be appreciated.
    – Aman Kushwaha
    Aug 13 at 4:42

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