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You can buy a DNS domain for a few quid per year or you can use a dynamic DNS service such as freeDNS for err free. If you go around exposing services on the i
by gerdesj 8y ago
You can buy a DNS domain for a few quid per year or you can use a dynamic DNS service such as freeDNS for err free.
If you go around exposing services on the internet then you should know how to do it properly. If you can get a name on it then you can put a SSL certificate on it (cheers Lets Encrypt).
If you have a SSL cert on it then you can be fairly sure you are talking to your gear and not a MitM if you take other precautions.
I absolutely do have a LE SSL cert for my home router and all my home web sites. pfSense has a ACME and dynamic DNS client for many services and HA Proxy built in. What more could you want!
- Osiris 8y agoWith IPv4 you don't HAVE to buy a domain for your local network. You can do just fine with IP addresses. With IPv6, you probably will need to just to make it sane. That adds a whole new step, and a complex one that most people (general public) won't know how to do.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoTo be fair, most of the general public doesn't know what an ip address is. I'm in the group that you're speaking of—I have a personal server set up that I can log into remotely, but the prospect of setting up a domain and TLS is very daunting. But, I don't think people like me are all that common.