Hey is there any alternatives to CloudFlare reverse proxies? I want to hide my server IP but not share everything with CF…

    • krash@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      You’re asking excellent and very relevant questions.

      OP, take heed.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      Most people are under the impression that their IP being public is somehow super dangerous, and that “hackers will attack me” if it ever gets out. So likely “all the attacks against my entire network.”

      Edit: Secondary thought, they legitimately have unsecured endpoints on their IP, and are hoping no one will notice if they aren’t handing out their IP to others. Still incorrect though.

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        9 months ago

        Some ISP don’t rotate IPs so it can end up pinpointing your house very precisely.

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      9 months ago

      If I want to host my services to the internet, I need to open a port in my firewall nah? is that not a bit risky than only allow access from the address of the data center to use this open port?

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      9 months ago

      Well, if you use the CloudFlare WAF with login protection (available in the free tier), you’re pretty much safe since the connection doesn’t arrive at your server if you don’t authenticate in CF first (with Gmail, Microsoft, OTP, etc.) @foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml