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The first publicly open instance (lemmy.world)
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I want to start with self hosting something available from internet. Currently I have jellyfin, nas etc but everything is available in local network.

My biggest concern is securing local network. I thought i will run application on separate server, I will use small vps as proxy, but Im not sure if it will be enough

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[–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, but if my server is in the local network, I have potential threat that someone will access my lan through public server

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Well, you could do network segmentation:

    • Put the server in a DMZ or separate VLAN if your router supports it. This isolates it from your main devices (computers, phones, IoT). I'm not sure what router you have buy many consumer routers have a "guest network" that can serve this purpose.

    Utilize UFW rules. Mine are:

    • sudo ufw default deny incoming

    • sudo ufw default allow outgoing

    • Anywhere ALLOW IN 192.168.1.0/24

    • 22 ALLOW IN 192.168.1.0/24

    • 22 on tailscale0 ALLOW IN Anywhere

    • 22 (v6) on tailscale0 ALLOW IN Anywhere (v6)

    Also:

    • sudo ufw allow out to 1.0.0.1 port 53 # DNS only
    • sudo ufw allow out to 1.1.1.1 port 53
    • sudo ufw deny out to 192.168.1.0/24 # Block LAN access except admin

    So now I have SSH capability locally and through Tailscale installed on the server and this prevents the server from initiating connections to other LAN devices. You can do alot with UFW and Fail2Ban in conjunction with Cloudflare Tunnels/Zero Trust.

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