I’ve been doing small hosting off and on for a while. Mainly for accessing files at home and the occasional Minecraft server. Not smart, as I’ve never used a specialized router. I used to use ddwrt, but now it’s impossible to flash most consumer grade routers.
id like to learn more stuff about cyber security, host other stuff, maybe host a website, but I’m just a guy who lives in an apartment. I’m stuck with 1 Internet service that claims it will terminate my service if they find me to be hosting anything. They must be semi-lax with that rule, because i haven’t gotten terminated for using ssh and cockpit.
Do you guys own a house, or are just fortunate enough to have access to an ISP that will let you host your own stuff?
Honestly I don’t recommend hosting your own public facing stuff yourself at all these days. Keep it all internal and if you have websites or other stuff you need to have publicly facing then put it on a cheap hosting service applicable for what you’re doing.
Security of public facing services is very difficult for most people to get right especially on an ongoing basis. Better that your backed up VPS gets hacked then something on your personal home network.