Yeah. I guess that is true. The part about not being able to point me in the right direction. I have a shaky grasp of several network protocols and things of that nature. Nothing deeper than surface level at this point.
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
A single misconfigured thing can suck real bad as you’ve seen.
Selfhosting involves lots of things that can be misconfigured or go bad.
That’s not to scare you out of it out anything, merely to congratulate you in seeking knowledge first.
Disclaimer: I’m biased towards networks because I’m a network engineer, opinions may differ.
I would say… having at least a vague grasp of layers 1-4 of the traditional network model is a decent start.
You don’t need to understand everything, but knowing a minimum will help a lot imho.
It’s hard to point you in the right direction without knowing what you already know or not.
MTZ@lemmy.world 1 month ago
MTZ@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Hello again, thanks again for the great advice. I have a question though. The traditional network model that you mention…is that also sometimes reffered to as the OSI Model? Are the two the same thing? I just want to make sure that I am studying the correct thing.
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Yea, I was referring to the OSI model.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Plus, if you end up accidentally locking yourself out if your own system: boot access means root access.