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Use rsync
From my understanding, without having a VPN connection to my home network, or proper port forwarding (which sounds like a security nightmare to me) it would only function on my local network?
Imho, opening the SSH port exclusively to your computer isn't a bigger risk than setting up a VPN, if you use authentication by keyfiles ~~a certificate~~.
By cert you mean a ssh key pair correct? As in public and private keys.
Yes
That is fair. Just historically speaking, I have typically only had 1 port opened on my router for VPN access, and then setting up SSH cert auth from system to system.
Like Shrek, layers xD