Any reccos?
I bought a mini PC to host, but open to other options.
Just figured it’d be easiest and cheapest to run home relay.
Discussion
The only issue with running a home one is it’s sat on your network and if the relay server has vulnerabilities, it could leave you exposed. There’s plenty of cheap Linux VPS providers. Hundreds of them. Or you could check out nostr:npub1utx00neqgqln72j22kej3ux7803c2k986henvvha4thuwfkper4s7r50e8 ‘s new offering.
Thanks for the heads up.
I’m not particularly tech savvy, so learning.
What type of vulnerabilities would I have to worry about?
Worst case scenario is the server the relay is on gets taken over and joins a botnet or its used as a jump box to attempt to access other devices such as your laptop/desktop. I mean that is really worst case, and the chance of it happing is low. Firewalls etc can remediate some of it. But why risk it? 😁👍
Got it.
So, access to server could create access to all devices on the local network.
So, if I do it I should do it with my neighbors Wi-Fi.
Port forwarding might be an issue 🤔
Port forwarding?
Allowing access to a local network device (your relay) from outside via a public network. Typically local devices have a local IP which aren’t addressable from outside your network. You use port forwarding to pass say port 443 from your outside IP to your internal device.