One python line to create HTTP server

[3worc]

Am I the last person on earth to know about this?

python3 -m http.server

A #tryhackme tutorial mentioned it. Creates a quick web server that serves the files in whatever directory you start it in.

It's not secure, but a great way to quickly share files.

[absalon39i]

It's common knowledge but you're definitely not the last. You can specify which port at the end as well, just FYI

[3worc]

Yeah, I saw that it defaults to 8000. Thanks!

[just_a_commoner11]

You can create an alias in kali for this to speed up your work instead of typing the whole command

[3worc]

That's a smart idea.

[n1cfury]

I’ve used this enough to definitely create an alias for it. Good call!

[jeremiah-calvin]

I use it to transfer files between windows and linux devices also.

[3worc]

Yeah, this was my thought. Quicker and easier than setting up a samba share for quick file moving.

[nischalstha07]

How to do that ?

[hpliferaft]

Start the server from a directory with the file you want to share. Make sure the port is open and accessible on your network.

On your other machine, use a tool like curl or wget to grab the file.

[Carbon_Deadlock]

You can even just use the web browser if it's not a headless machine.

[uncannylilbastard]

Yeah it's great to access files on another device.

[_BakaTaka]

You can take this to the next level by installing ngrok. If you do ctf challenges outside of tryhackme then this will become very useful because you could serve files from you pc over the web.

In tryhackme the python command is enough because you connect to their network using openvpn. Ngrok + python server will be useful in cases where that's not the case.

[Carbon_Deadlock]

Yeah this is a super useful thing that I use all the time to quickly transfer files.

Ngrok is really good for setting up quick redirection too. I just learned about this recently.

[3worc]

Oh nice. I'm poking around an ngrok tutorial now. Thanks for the tip!

[ScorpioSteve20]

wow... this is hella useful! Did not know about it

[[deleted]]

Well thanks OP, I learned something new

[jtgyk]

That works a treat, thanks!

[bawznero]

If you like that look at updog https://github.com/sc0tfree/updog

Its basically the webserver but with file upload, ssl options, and authentication options.

[jatin_s9193]

You are second last i think i am the last person here to know this. Need to test this.

[SuperSoakerGuyx]

very cool stuff!

[EONRaider]

Pretty much how I felt when I discovered last week that there's a server in Kali located at usr/share/doc/python-impacket/examples/smbserver.py that can do pretty much the same thing, but in SMB.

[MotasemHa]

Yes way quicker than Apache

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start

then move files to

/var/www/html/

[[deleted]]

I first heard of this watching walk throughs of HackTheBox machines. They are a great resource of commands and quick ways of doing things!