Comment on Offshoring my solutions
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 7 months agoThe most common ones:
- Hiding your IP when you open services to the internet. Some people live in suburbs or towns where their IP can pinpoint their house almost perfectly.
- Breaking out of ISP NAT (aka carrier NAT / CGNAT), where clients can’t open connections to your public IP.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
No it doesn’t. It hides it from things accessing your server but your IP address is not a secret and bots will scan it even if you do absolutely nothing on-line. And unless you’re using a VPN 24x7 while browsing you give your IP address out more often by “using the internet” than you would by “running a server”.
Though I suppose if you’re the sort of person who really cares about hiding their IP you’re also using a VPN 24x7 anyway… The VPN companies’ marketing has worked wonders on spooking people about “your IP is available” it seems. I mean - sure, it is. But who cares?
That’s fair - if needed.