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.
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.
This is very much a choose your own adventure that depends on a number of factors such as the services you’re hosting, ease of access for other household members, your hosting setup, additional privacy concerns, ect.
Here a couple of resources for different methods:
Techno Tim’s overview, reverse proxy through cloudflare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs8yOmTJNYQ
Cloudflare proxy straight to the hosted service https://www.cloudflare.com/products/tunnel/
Create a peer to peer vpn sidestepping opening ports: https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works/