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?

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    1 year ago

    My own house, internet line with ISP that is cool with selfhosting, Proxmox/TrueNAS, Opnsense/OpenWRT for network equipment, server hardware is asrock server board in one server, hp microserver gen8 for storage, https://zaggy.nl

    If I didn’t have the first 2 I would probably use a VPS.

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      1 year ago

      Dumb question; how do you know if your ISP is “cool” with self hosting?

      I’m about to switch providers when I move for better upload/download speeds but hopefully they’re cool with hosting…

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        1 year ago

        When in doubt: give them a call, their T&S should also give some clarity.

        I picked mine as is an idealistic ISP.