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- Comment on Beginner looking for advice on open-source NAS hardware and OS for self-hosting 1 hour ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network DNS Domain Name Service/System IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol for email ISP Internet Service Provider NAS Network-Attached Storage NAT Network Address Translation NFS Network File System, a Unix-based file-sharing protocol known for performance and efficiency NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SSD Solid State Drive mass storage SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications VPN Virtual Private Network ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity nginx Popular HTTP server
[Thread #144 for this comm, first seen 22nd Oct 2026, 07:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Improving security by separating server duties 15 hours ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System ISP Internet Service Provider LXC Linux Containers NAS Network-Attached Storage SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access UDP User Datagram Protocol, for real-time communications VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
[Thread #143 for this comm, first seen 21st Oct 2026, 17:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on PSA: PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently (today 14:00 UTC) 20 hours ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters CA (SSL) Certificate Authority Plex Brand of media server package VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
[Thread #142 for this comm, first seen 21st Oct 2026, 12:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Plex vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild to drop a cryptominer 2 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters CSAM Child Sexual Abuse Material Plex Brand of media server package VPN Virtual Private Network
[Thread #141 for this comm, first seen 19th Oct 2026, 23:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Any DDNS recommendations? 4 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System ISP Internet Service Provider VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
[Thread #140 for this comm, first seen 18th Oct 2026, 06:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on What else should I do for my home server security? 4 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol (ping, TTL exceeded, etc) ISP Internet Service Provider IoT Internet of Things for device controllers SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
[Thread #139 for this comm, first seen 18th Oct 2026, 03:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Home server 4 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters NAS Network-Attached Storage SSD Solid State Drive mass storage VPN Virtual Private Network
[Thread #138 for this comm, first seen 17th Oct 2026, 20:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on How long do you keep your backups? 4 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters NVMe Non-Volatile Memory Express interface for mass storage VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)
[Thread #137 for this comm, first seen 17th Oct 2026, 15:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Self hosting as a gift 4 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters SSO Single Sign-On VPN Virtual Private Network nginx Popular HTTP server
[Thread #136 for this comm, first seen 17th Oct 2026, 14:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Is anyone self-hosting their own AI? 4 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters NAS Network-Attached Storage VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) nginx Popular HTTP server
[Thread #135 for this comm, first seen 17th Oct 2026, 13:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Self-Hosting a DNS Sinkhole is really important 5 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) VPN Virtual Private Network
3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.
[Thread #134 for this comm, first seen 17th Oct 2026, 01:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Finally escaping Windows, ironically thanks to AI 5 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System IoT Internet of Things for device controllers LXC Linux Containers PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) VPN Virtual Private Network
[Thread #133 for this comm, first seen 17th Oct 2026, 00:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on I’m looking for the best remote access solution that works for me 5 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters LXC Linux Containers SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access VPN Virtual Private Network
[Thread #132 for this comm, first seen 16th Oct 2026, 18:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on ISP won't set up static IP - Services keep going down 6 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System ISP Internet Service Provider VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) nginx Popular HTTP server
[Thread #131 for this comm, first seen 15th Oct 2026, 23:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Can you please tell me all about your DIY router? 6 days ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point DNS Domain Name Service/System PCIe Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) PoE Power over Ethernet Unifi Ubiquiti WiFi hardware brand
[Thread #130 for this comm, first seen 15th Oct 2026, 21:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on What is your self hosted power draw? 1 week ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point ISP Internet Service Provider NAS Network-Attached Storage NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers PoE Power over Ethernet RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SBC Single-Board Computer SSD Solid State Drive mass storage Zigbee Wireless mesh network for low-power devices
[Thread #128 for this comm, first seen 13th Oct 2026, 23:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on How do you sort your music? 1 week ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters NAS Network-Attached Storage Plex Brand of media server package SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
[Thread #127 for this comm, first seen 13th Oct 2026, 19:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Help with Getting My Reverse Proxy to Forward the Correct IP Address 1 week ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System NAS Network-Attached Storage NAT Network Address Translation VPN Virtual Private Network nginx Popular HTTP server
[Thread #126 for this comm, first seen 12th Oct 2026, 07:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Bitwarden Switches to Commercial License 1 week ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network
[Thread #125 for this comm, first seen 11th Oct 2026, 04:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Release v3.3.0 · immich-app/immich 1 week ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters Git Popular version control system, primarily for code NAS Network-Attached Storage ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
[Thread #124 for this comm, first seen 10th Oct 2026, 08:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on What's your weirdest or most unique self-hosted use case and solution? 1 week ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters MQTT Message Queue Telemetry Transport point-to-point networking NAS Network-Attached Storage NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging nginx Popular HTTP server
[Thread #123 for this comm, first seen 9th Oct 2026, 18:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on How do you monitor your servers? 1 week ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point DNS Domain Name Service/System LXC Linux Containers
[Thread #122 for this comm, first seen 9th Oct 2026, 13:00] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on too real 2 weeks ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters AP WiFi Access Point NAS Network-Attached Storage SSD Solid State Drive mass storage ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
[Thread #121 for this comm, first seen 8th Oct 2026, 05:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on What do you use for alerting? 2 weeks ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters LTS Long Term Support software version LXC Linux Containers Plex Brand of media server package XMPP Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (‘Jabber’) for open instant messaging
[Thread #120 for this comm, first seen 7th Oct 2026, 22:30] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Anyone using 6-day certs yet? 2 weeks ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters CA (SSL) Certificate Authority TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network
[Thread #119 for this comm, first seen 7th Oct 2026, 05:50] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on used hard drive retailers 2 weeks ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity
[Thread #118 for this comm, first seen 5th Oct 2026, 12:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Personal radio station 2 weeks ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters CA (SSL) Certificate Authority Plex Brand of media server package nginx Popular HTTP server
[Thread #117 for this comm, first seen 4th Oct 2026, 14:20] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Self-Hosting Survey 2026: What are your favorite self-hosted apps? 3 weeks ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System Git Popular version control system, primarily for code Plex Brand of media server package
[Thread #116 for this comm, first seen 27th Sep 2026, 22:40] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on How is everyone dealing with Android 17's "Nearby Devices" change? 3 weeks ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network DNS Domain Name Service/System ISP Internet Service Provider
[Thread #115 for this comm, first seen 27th Sep 2026, 20:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
- Comment on Can you run multiple servers on one machine (e.g. Raspberry Pi)? 3 weeks ago:
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System LXC Linux Containers NAS Network-Attached Storage NUC Next Unit of Computing brand of Intel small computers PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole) RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage RPi Raspberry Pi brand of SBC SBC Single-Board Computer VPN Virtual Private Network
[Thread #114 for this comm, first seen 27th Sep 2026, 15:10] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]