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Any domain registrar/hosting provider that does not require propietary software to run? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I gone through a lot of hosting service providers and unfortunetly cannot find a single one that can be used without running nonfree programs, all of them require loading bulky obfuscated JavaScript apps.

I know of Codeberg Pages for static sites for example, but it is not suitable for any business or professional use.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The separation is pedantic, but you can have dynamic websites without JS or with free ones. The argument is basically the server-side software only see the data you input, but client-side malware can extract information or do other nasty things you can't observe or prevent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I get what you mean, but OP's gonna have a hard time finding any website, much less a VPS provider, that doesn't have Javascript in it and for good reason. There's things like remote consoles and status dashboards that simply don't work without Javascript.

If its really a concern, you can run the Javascript in a separate browser instance, but I find that precaution to be completely unnecessary because if you don't trust your VPS provider, why would you trust that they won't do anything to your server or use your payment info for nefarious purposes? The Javascript is the least of OP's concerns IMHO.