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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ThousandthStar@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

Any guides on how to host at home? I'm always afraid that opening ports in my home router means taking the heavy risk of being hacked. Does using something like CloudFlare help? I am a complete beginner.

Edit: Thanks for all the great response! They are very helpful.

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[-] jadedctrl@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From what I understand, opening a port isn’t a risk in and of itself — it’s only a risk if the software using the port is insecure! So long as you use reliable software and take care to configure things properly (following through with instructions from a site like ArchWiki or the official documentation helps), you’re good.

CloudFlare is more for DDOS protection, which you almost certainly don’t need . You could always set up DDOS protection later on, if the need ever arises.

[-] Tavesta@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Every single software is insecure. Generally servers should have their own networks sperated from your private network like an DMZ.

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