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What's the point of a reverse proxy and does cloudflare give all the benefits of one? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] BluePhoenix01@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Thank you for the info and the links. That seems like a more sensible approach. Hope to try it out after the work week is done.

What's the point of a reverse proxy and does cloudflare give all the benefits of one? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] BluePhoenix01@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Very good points all around.

So far, I have WireGuard set up, and activate it when I need access.

This year I have considered Cloudflare tunnels to enable them only to issue SSL certificates (instead of signing my own like I did last year). But not sure if it is worth it or if I should just keep signing myself.

(Cert is mainly to avoid SSL warnings on iOS and browsers, so far I am the only one using what I host)

Might also be nice to not have to configure each device to use a different dns server (my own), but not sure the benefit is worth having that dns record “out there” and Cloudflare “in here”.

[RANT] I pay $70/mo for this privilege in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] BluePhoenix01@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Same boat here… and then the “default cap” is nothing. Between work and family, we hit the data cap of 1.25TB within three weeks.

Any place I can find more info about the “end of the year” timeframe you mentioned? A new ISP is also rolling in my area, but their site has been vague on time.

The main street into our house currently has it available, but our actual address not yet… driving me a little crazy.

Hope the new one is available for you soon.