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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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[–] RandomPickle13@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

I host my stuff at home from a combination of old desktops, laptops and other leftovers. In addition I have a cheap vps which I use as a wireguard server which routes traffic to the different servers hosted at my home over wireguard. I also use this vps also to enable my parents to use the server from their home (also over wireguard).

An added benefit is that my ISP does not see that Im hosting anything, although I never had issues befoe this setup.