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		jimmyspice on Sept 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Running one’s own root Certificate Authority in 20... what's wrong with using a dynamically allocated port?

withinboredom on Sept 17, 2023 [–]

How do you have a dynamic port assignment and know how to connect to it without publishing it somewhere? As far as I know, that is impossible.

galaxyLogic on Sept 18, 2023 | [–]

The app will open the browser on the URL it responds to, including the port it found to be available.

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