chore: replace node-forge with @peculiar/x509

[winderica]

Description

This PR replaces node-forge with @peculiar/x509 as discussed in #8532 in order to reduce the bundle size.

Additional context

I don't have a Windows development environment, but it seems that the reason why this CI task fails is irrelevant to this PR.

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What is the purpose of this pull request?

• Bug fix
• New Feature
• Documentation update
• Other

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[winderica]

ECDSA produces much shorter keys than RSA while achieving the same security level. Also, ECDSA certificates are supported by all the modern browsers (source).

[winderica]

fe80::1 has been replaced with ::1 here, because the former is a link-local address rather than a loopback address.

[winderica]

[::1] is removed since it isn't a valid hostname.

[TrySound]

Is webcrypto polyfill required by the library or used only to generate private keys?

[winderica]

Is webcrypto polyfill required by the library or used only to generate private keys?

It is required by the library, which needs a crypto provider that is compatible with WebCrypto API.

Fortunately, Node.js >= 15 has native support for WebCrypto, so we can remove the polyfill once Node 14 reaches its EOL.

[bluwy]

We've removed node-forge in Vite 3 and moved to https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-basic-ssl. It's also recommended now to manually generate the certificate, so the plugin is only now used as a convenience or as part of the migration. I'll close this for the reasons, but thanks again for implementing this alternative!