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- Comment on Least terrible domain registrars 15 minutes ago:
I’ve always used NameCheap. Can’t speak to their ethics, but customer support has been excellent the few times I’ve needed it.
- Comment on Whats the most downvoted comment/post on lemmy? 22 hours ago:
Damn. That might be the most votes I’ve seen on any post, period.
- Comment on Between Linux or Windows which do you think will be first to have a viable OS for quantum computers? 1 day ago:
I suspect the Linux kernel would support quantum first. Somehow I don’t see a multi billion dollar multinational moving fast enough to beat some caffeine addicted teen looking for street cred.
- Comment on Looking for a VPS. I don't know who to choose. 1 day ago:
Before I grew enough spare capacity at home to self host our family’s server, I was using MCPro hosting. It was fine and at the time, cheap. I understand they’ve been bought by Apex now though. No experience with them.
- Comment on Marjorie Taylor Greene Threatens Criminal Referrals Against ‘Democrat-Run’ USAID that ‘Brainwashes World with Globalist Propaganda’ 3 days ago:
Hey Ma! The crazy “Jewish Space Laser” lady is at it again!
Damned fool of an idiot.
- Comment on See highest paying hourly jobs in my area 1 week ago:
Different folks, different strokes, different threat models.
- Comment on What's it called when a man steals women's selfies to use to create a fake online persona, and when people call him out on this, he says "I never said those photos are me"? 1 week ago:
An asshole. Maybe a pervert. Definitely someone I’d block. Not every negative example of humanity needs a specific name.
- Comment on Email provider for home server alerts 1 week ago:
I started running into the same problem about 2 years ago. Found a company called Send in Blue ( which has since been bought and is now called Brevo). They’re a commercial mail sender but have a free tier. How long that will continue to be available, I don’t know, but for now it solves my email sending issues.
- Comment on Anyone know where I can ask about football (soccer) streaming sites? 1 week ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Because even if you have the skills needed to referb an old printer, there is no garentee that the drivers will function on a modern OS. Or in my case, in Linux. It’s a lot easier to just buy a new printer from another brand if you need a printer.
Honestly though, most people don’t print enough anymore for buying a printer to make sense. Cheaper to just go to your local Kinko’s or whatever and have them print out the 3 or 4 pages per year. If that’s not an option, get a laser printer.
- Comment on Elon Musk says millions in Social Security database are between ages of 100 and 159 1 week ago:
Probably because it’s not that big a deal and would cost far more to fix than it cost us in fraud. The only problem free system is a nonexistent system. WTF should I care that some database thinks someone is as old as our nation. Who knows, it might possibly be true.
- Comment on Elon Musk says millions in Social Security database are between ages of 100 and 159 1 week ago:
Pretty sure I heard about this when Bush Jr. was President.
- Comment on Five Confusing Fediverse Things 2 weeks ago:
So this is my third go at replying. First attempt was damn near collage level. Second attempt found me rewriting the Internet for Dummies book that originally taught me about how the internet works when I was 10. Seriously, if you can find a copy of that particular edition, give it a read. It’s the third edition from 1995. You may need help from !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to find it though.
Honestly, the Fediverse has the same problem that the internet itself has. That is that it is far easier to just use than it is to explain what it is but the fediverse and the internet itself work almost exactly the same way, at least at the user level.
I’m going to completely ignore everything under the hood for the sake of simplicity. Additionally I’m going to over simplify to the point of inaccuracy, because it gets really complicated really quickly once you scratch the surface.
Imagine a spider web. Each point where the web interconnects is a server. Each server on that web can communicate with every other server on that web (don’t ask how, that’s part of the bit we are ignoring).
Now each fediverse service is kinda on its own web. Lemmy is on one web, Mastodon is on another, Pixelfed another, websites, email, Matrix, NextCloud, XMPP, IRC, Gopher, Usenet, and a million more are each on their own little webs.
It doesn’t really matter which Lemmy server you pick to join the conversation on Lemmy but your account is only with that server. But because that server is a part of the Lemmy web you can talk to anyone that is also on that web.
That’s the best Eli5 explanation I can give. It’s not particularly accurate because anything, any system, involving more than about 3 people will contain more exceptions than rules. And the fediverse has a lot more than 3 people in it.
My advice for new users on the fediverse is, once you have decided what service (Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed, email, or whatever) either join a server that is most in line with your interests, or look up the largest servers of that service and pick one from the lower end of the top 20.
- Comment on Five Confusing Fediverse Things 2 weeks ago:
God, this video makes me feel old. The fact that folks can be confused about how a federated service works boggles my mind. I mean, I get it. Walled gardens have been the default for 20 years now. But still.
- Comment on Europol chief says Big Tech has ‘responsibility’ to unlock encrypted messages 5 weeks ago:
No, that’s the responsibility of the NSA or whatever their equivalent in other countries is.
- Comment on Do you refrain from participating to a community if it's hosted on Lemmy.ml ? 4 months ago:
I generally don’t worry about communities. Either the community is well run or not.
Users, though. I’ll block trolls all day long. If I notice I’m blocking a whole bunch of users from the same instance, I’ll block the instance. So far that has only happened twice. Lemmygrad and feddit.ro.
- Comment on Simple way to get emails for new Lemmy or Mastodon posts? 4 months ago:
Email notifications can be setup, but the option needs to be enabled by the instance administrator. Failing that, your phone app might support push notifications.
- Comment on World now has five times more PV than nuclear power 5 months ago:
Thank you. I was trying to figure this out as well.
- Comment on How can I keep my forwarded port secure? 5 months ago:
Tobacco. You?
- Comment on How can I keep my forwarded port secure? 5 months ago:
The simplest way to do this, is to put the server on a private vpn (I use Tailscale, there are others) and expose ports only to the vpn. Then you share access to the vpn with your friends.
With Tailscale, this is as simple as sending them a share link for the host. They will need to have an account at Tailscale, and have the client running, but they will then be able to access the host with a static ip address.
As a general rule of thumb, nothing should be exposed to the public internet unless you want that service to be public access and then you need to keep it up to date. If a vulnerability doesn’t currently exist for the service, one will sooner rather than later. SSH, especially password only ssh, can be broken into fairly easily. If you must expose ssh to the public internet for whatever reason, you need to be using IP white lists, password protected keys, change the default port, and turn off service advertisements and ping responses. I’m probably missing something. When someone scans your server randomly, they should see nothing. And if they fail login they should be ip blocked.
- Submitted 5 months ago to technology@lemmy.world | 35 comments
- Comment on Silverblue or other immutable on remote VPS? 5 months ago:
I don’t know about Silverblue, but I know you can use NixOS on pretty much any VPS using the tool nixos-infect.
Not sure how it would reduce your attack surface though. That’s not really the problem that they are trying to solve.
- Comment on Is IONOS ok for a VPS? 5 months ago:
I’ve heard mixed things about them, never used them though. Personally I used Digital Ocean for my VPS needs till I had a spare computer available, at which point I moved everything in house.
- Comment on 6 months ago:
Off course! Though I bought the CD and ripped it. Dangerous and Moving was a great album.
- Comment on Upgrading cheap/old computer 6 months ago:
With used hardware, it very much depends on what the hardware is and what you’re using it for. if you can find something from the last 10 years it’s probably worth it, but I wouldn’t get anything older than that. Power usage is the main concern, as systems have been plenty powerful enough for most applications for sometime. Hardware reliability would be another factor.
When I was looking a couple of months ago, it looked like $200 USD was the sweet spot for used hardware, but at that price point, you could get one of those NUC knockoffs brand new, such as the Beelink N100. It just depends on what you need.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Unfortunately, they appear to be shutting down soon. Looks like it is illegal to gamble on politics in the US, at least according to one multi national betting site I looked at last night.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Know of anywhere that will let you bet on political races?
- Comment on Best way to host Nextcloud with Collabora Office? 7 months ago:
I use AIO as well though I’ve heard the snap version is pretty painless, most of the time.
- Comment on Google’s Repair Policy Is Broken 7 months ago:
This is news? To anyone?
- Comment on Should I use a reverse proxy in a homelab? 7 months ago:
Personal preference.
Unless something has changed, Caddy isn’t a dns server. It’s a web server and reverse proxy. If you might expose something to the public internet, you will want it behind the reverse proxy.
If you want to access local network services (private vpn counts) via a domain name all you need is a DNS server and for you clients setup to query that dns server. I use PiHole for this. From what I understand Adguard may be similar to PiHole but I’ve never looked a it.
One thing to be wary of, there are no reserved private network domains. Depending on how you set things up your local network dns queries may go out onto the public internet. It’s best to go ahead and register a domain name that you want to use so that you can control it routing if that happens. They can be had cheap as $11 USD each.