How many of you have an HA solution, which is open to the internet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by oz1sej@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I'm running my own HA locally, in my house, but I would like to be able to access it also when I'm not home. So I've put it on my Zerotier One VPN, which works fine. Except for two things:

HA no longer knows when I'm home - it thinks I'm always home;
Other people in my household would also like to have remote access, but it's unrealistic to have them install and use the VPN.

So - can I just open it up, and rely on long, complex passeords? Or is that a complete no-go?

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[-] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

If you have to open it up, then you can at least allow-list IP addresses through your firewall so it’s not everyone who gets full access.

[-] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 1 points 1 week ago

How's that supposed to work if the other people want to access it "from the Internet", most likely meaning their mobile phones when not at home? Find out all IP subnets for the carrier?

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