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What service one should NOT self host

  • the one you don't use it

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    THIS could be a good alternative if you don't want to use Cloudflare tunnel, and it does not get talked about a lot here.

  • from Colin Percival empire we present "spiped":

    https://github.com/Tarsnap/spiped

    https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2012-08-30-protecting-sshd-using-spiped.html

    https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2011-07-04-spiped-secure-pipe-daemon.html

    yes, it's true and it's not black magic...if you understand the simple technology behind...and yes it's a magic bullet

    enjoy

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    Caddy seems to good to be true? I just set it up and it works perfect, straight out of the box

  • it is what you mean...no less no more...Caddy rocks...

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    What are the actual security implications of port forwarding?

  • If you're confident to expose a machine on a VPS and you can manage the implications then you can manage a machine in a DMZ of your NAT/Firewall home router.

    If the server it's a bare metal UNIX than you're ok (i.e. *BSD || *Linux on a Raspberry Pi 4/5) , the basic install it's better than Fort Knox

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    What selfhosted service have the best "return of investment"

  • Everything that you host in your house with spare parts and does not let you pay for a dedicated online VPS

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