Comment by ๐Ÿš€ devoid

Re: "Homelab x security"

In: s/homelab

I set up everything the "old-fashioned way" (in this case I'd use a vpn). Are you looking for a turnkey solution or would you like to (learn how to) diy?

๐Ÿš€ devoid

2025-11-30 ยท 5 months ago

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๐Ÿš€ stack ยท Nov 30 at 18:20:

wireguard is a pretty good solution to many problems of creating geographically wide private networks or connecting a home network to a remote machine that acts as an Internet gateway.

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๐ŸŒฒ Half_Elf_Monk:

Homelab x security โ€” I'm thinking about making a homelab. I'm wonder what's the best / most secure practices. I'm not in tech as a field, but I know enough that I should be careful. If I only have a homelab available to the fellow residents of the Half_Elf_Monastery, then I don't need to open up ports on routers. I just point my/their phones to servicename.homelab.local, and then it only really works when they're at home. But what if I want it to work when we're out and about on Rumspringa or...

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