[superkuh]

>Imagine we all had HTTP servers running on our laptops and could give our friends an IP address whenever we needed to transfer a file. In theory, an HTTP server on everyone's machine would be enough for file sharing, right?

Opera browser at one point included a personal webserver built in called Opera Unite. This webserver was accessed by the public through the free web proxy service that Opera also integrated. That way your personal home computer hosted website was behind an Opera IP address. It was all automagic. I really wish it had caught on. Simple static only hosting is a very small attack surface.

Firefox recently started offering VPN services built in to the browser. I think this is the perfect time to try to bring back static personal webservers in the web browser.