I am trying to configure web downloads, and I notice that it's pointing to oldtimebbs.com/dlreq?<hex number>. I have found no place where it talks about setting this up, or what the expected behavior of dlreq is? Where do the temp files get written/etc. Any help or documentation would be great.

Thanks!

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I am trying to configure web downloads, and I notice that it's pointing to oldtimebbs.com/dlreq?<hex number>. I have found no place where it talks a setting this up, or what the expected behavior of dlreq is? Where do the files get written/etc. Any help or documentation would be great.

Following, as I couldnt get it to work either ^^

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Hello Prof Brown!

I am trying to configure web downloads, and I notice that it's pointing
to oldtimebbs.com/dlreq?<hex number>. I have found no place where it talks about setting this up, or what the expected behavior of dlreq is? Where do the temp files get written/etc. Any help or documentation
would be great.

The template "config" files are missing from the stock installation. Have a look at this example, intended to be unpacked in your Mystic directory (remember to edit webroot/www/index.html to e.g. change the redirection URLs
there):

https://scbbs.nsupdate.info/files/webroot.zip

It is based on http://www.mysticbbs.com/downloads/prealpha/dlreq.zip but with a few quirks fixed and a simple layout.

Hope this helps! =)

Best regards
Zip

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Hello opicron!

On 17 Apr 2025, opicron said the following...

I am trying to configure web downloads, and I notice that it's pointi

Following, as I couldnt get it to work either ^^

See my previous message to Prof Brown. =)

Best regards
Zip

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Definitely helped. I already had a index.html, but your homepage is slick. Well done. This worked perfectly. Thanks very much, I was racking my brain for this.

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Hello Prof Brown!

On 17 Apr 2025, Prof Brown said the following...

Definitely helped. I already had a index.html, but your homepage is slick. Well done. This worked perfectly. Thanks very much, I was racking my brain for this.

You're very welcome! =)

Best regards
Zip

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On 17 Apr 2025, opicron said the following...

I am trying to configure web downloads, and I notice that it's p

Following, as I couldnt get it to work either ^^

See my previous message to Prof Brown. =)

Awesome! Thanks a load.

oP!

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Hello opicron!

On 18 Apr 2025, opicron said the following...

I am trying to configure web downloads, and I notice that i

See my previous message to Prof Brown. =)

Awesome! Thanks a load.

You're very welcome! =)

Best regards
Zip

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* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

I am trying to configure web downloads, and I notice that it's p

Following, as I couldnt get it to work either ^^

See my previous message to Prof Brown. =)

If you want to see some crazy customization of those download pages through web, visit bbs.theforze.eu and have a look see ;).

Thanks again, this is just awesome!

oP!

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Hello opicron!

On 20 Apr 2025, opicron said the following...

If you want to see some crazy customization of those download pages through web, visit bbs.theforze.eu and have a look see ;).

Thanks again, this is just awesome!

Very nice!

I like the HTTP --> HTTPS conversion, too (as Mystic doesn't let one adjust that in the config). =)

Best regards
Zip

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If you want to see some crazy customization of those download pages through web, visit bbs.theforze.eu and have a look see ;).

Thanks again, this is just awesome!

Very nice!

I like the HTTP --> HTTPS conversion, too (as Mystic doesn't let one adjus that in the config). =)

Ohh awesome that you noticed. I pulled my hair out trying to do a reverse proxy. Then I figured, dont fight https just add a little javascript to update the urls in the html :)..

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Hello opicron!

Thank you for your reply!

On 21 Apr 2025, opicron said the following...

I like the HTTP --> HTTPS conversion, too (as Mystic doesn't let one that in the config). =)

Ohh awesome that you noticed. I pulled my hair out trying to do a reverse proxy. Then I figured, dont fight https just add a little javascript to update the urls in the html :)..

Speaking of HTTPS, I see that you have an nginx serving the dlreq page over HTTPS. How do you make nginx preserve the client IP when forwarding the
request to Mystic's web server? (As dlreq checks the client IP and refuses to serve anything if the IP doesn't match.)

I have HTTP on port 61080 leading directly to the Mystic HTTP web server, and similarly HTTPS on port 61443 leading to the Mystic HTTPS web server, and I'm experimenting a little with Apache (which runs all HTTPS stuff with the
"real" SSL cert) to proxy certain URLs internally to 61443, but the client IP as seen by Mystic's web server will always be the loopback interface, so dlreq denies the download requests when clicking on the file links.

Could be one of those things that are easy to do with nginx, but less so with Apache. :)

(Hmm, maybe I would need to let Apache handle 61080 as well so that the "initial" dlreq requests comes from the loopback interface... Which would
trash the client IP checking ability of dlreq, but anyway...)

Thanks in advance!

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
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Speaking of HTTPS, I see that you have an nginx serving the dlreq page ove HTTPS. How do you make nginx preserve the client IP when forwarding the request to Mystic's web server? (As dlreq checks the client IP and refuses serve anything if the IP doesn't match.)

The nginx in question is the reverse proxy of Synology. So, in the HTML I change the http requests to HTTPS. The HTTPS requests are forwarded to the Mystic HTTP webserver again.

I have HTTP on port 61080 leading directly to the Mystic HTTP web server, similarly HTTPS on port 61443 leading to the Mystic HTTPS web server, and experimenting a little with Apache (which runs all HTTPS stuff with the "real" SSL cert) to proxy certain URLs internally to 61443, but the client as seen by Mystic's web server will always be the loopback interface, so d denies the download requests when clicking on the file links.

Mystic runs in a docker on my synology and the IP of caller/webvisitor get forwarded by the DNS reverse proxy in all cases. I dont know the exact script/command for nginx as synology does it for me.

Could be one of those things that are easy to do with nginx, but less so w Apache. :)

I believe it is, I vaguely remember having to do some IP forward some time ago. Wasn't it with x-headers? x-forward?

(Hmm, maybe I would need to let Apache handle 61080 as well so that the "initial" dlreq requests comes from the loopback interface... Which would trash the client IP checking ability of dlreq, but anyway...)

Thanks in advance!

Hope it will be as easy as I had it. Didnt even know that dlreq validated the IP :).

oP!

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I am using Nginx Proxy, and have 'streams' to Mystic to my BBS for BinkP and Telnet. The web pages are forwarded to port 80 on the BBS with Let's Encrypt. I have no issues with DLReq doign that.

-Jeremy

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Hello Jeremy!

On 21 Apr 2025, Prof Brown said the following...

I am using Nginx Proxy, and have 'streams' to Mystic to my BBS for BinkP and Telnet. The web pages are forwarded to port 80 on the BBS with
Let's Encrypt. I have no issues with DLReq doign that.

Thanks! Yep, the Telnet proxying would probably explain why dlreq thinks the IP is OK... Thanks again!

Best regards
Zip

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Hello opicron!

On 21 Apr 2025, opicron said the following...

Mystic runs in a docker on my synology and the IP of caller/webvisitor
get forwarded by the DNS reverse proxy in all cases. I dont know the
exact script/command for nginx as synology does it for me.

Thanks! Yes, the proxying of "everything" is most likely why dlreq thinks everything is OK. (In my case I get a different IP for Telnet vs dlreq/web.)

I believe it is, I vaguely remember having to do some IP forward some
time ago. Wasn't it with x-headers? x-forward?

Yep, X-Forwarded-For and similar ones, although it depends on the receiver (in this case dlreq, or the Mystic web server) to trust it, which it doesn't...

Hope it will be as easy as I had it. Didnt even know that dlreq
validated the IP :).

Actually, I asked g00r00 if it would be possible to turn the IP validation off in some future version (and perhaps also to change the URL displayed inside Mystic, e.g. http:// to https:// and changing/removing the port number), but I'm pretty sure the wishlist for Mystic is long already...

Thanks again!

Best regards
Zip

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Hello opicron!

validated the IP :).

Actually, I asked g00r00 if it would be possible to turn the IP validation in some future version (and perhaps also to change the URL displayed insid Mystic, e.g. http:// to https:// and changing/removing the port number), b I'm pretty sure the wishlist for Mystic is long already...

Oh yes, thats a good one, and also how long a d/l is valid. I was thinking it would be so easy to send a download link instead of someone needing to find the file on the board. But 1 hour is too short for that too work. We are all over the world, the timezones are to huge ^^.

Thanks again!

Yw and hope you get it working. You could also choose to feed always some local ip to the board and webserver, ok that means no hostname/ip for lookups. But I do not use those anyway, my firewall blocks regions/countries. Not mystic.

Zip

oP!

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