▲ 96 ▼ How many and how much are your subscriptions? (lemmy.world) submitted 4 months ago by Squizzy@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world 141 comments fedilink hide all child comments I am trying to capture costs for starting into homelab/selfhosting. VPNs, search engines, absolutely everything and anything.
[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 4 months ago (4 children) Tailscale being an alternative to a VPS then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheMadCodger@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Tailscale is a layer on top of wireguard and is a VPN. Don't open your home to the outside world, that's just asking for trouble. Tailscale is a great choice for you at this stage for accessing your stuff from anywhere and not worrying about anyone else. Downside is if Tailscale decides to enshittify some day you (a lot of us) will have to figure what our next move is. For the casual and/or beginner, it really is an excellent service even at the free tier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] doctorflynt@feddit.org 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) i dont have that much knowledge about security, but would it be reasonable to expose a single raspberry in a dmz behind a firewall as a headscale vps? i mean it would be hard for an attacker to get past the physical firewall into the main network, right? on the other hand they wouldnt need to get past the firewall if they take over the headscale server… edit: but that would also happen, if a vps hosted somewhere else, got infected, right? permalink fedilink source parent [–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 1 point 4 months ago Tailscale is a kind of VPN (virtual private network) not a VPS (virtual private server). permalink fedilink source parent [–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Tailscale is a VPN (Virtual Private Network) which is different than a VPS (Virtual Private Server). ETA: Oops. I see your question has been answered multiple times. It seems you are a beginner at selfhosting and trying to get a grip on what's necessary to start and trying to wrap your brain around all the acronyms. There is absolutely no shame in being a beginner. Everyone in this community was a beginner at some point in their life. So, don't be bashful about asking questions. I've found the folks here to be patient and helpful. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheMadCodger@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 child) Tailscale is a layer on top of wireguard and is a VPN. Don't open your home to the outside world, that's just asking for trouble. Tailscale is a great choice for you at this stage for accessing your stuff from anywhere and not worrying about anyone else. Downside is if Tailscale decides to enshittify some day you (a lot of us) will have to figure what our next move is. For the casual and/or beginner, it really is an excellent service even at the free tier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] doctorflynt@feddit.org 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) i dont have that much knowledge about security, but would it be reasonable to expose a single raspberry in a dmz behind a firewall as a headscale vps? i mean it would be hard for an attacker to get past the physical firewall into the main network, right? on the other hand they wouldnt need to get past the firewall if they take over the headscale server… edit: but that would also happen, if a vps hosted somewhere else, got infected, right? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doctorflynt@feddit.org 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) i dont have that much knowledge about security, but would it be reasonable to expose a single raspberry in a dmz behind a firewall as a headscale vps? i mean it would be hard for an attacker to get past the physical firewall into the main network, right? on the other hand they wouldnt need to get past the firewall if they take over the headscale server… edit: but that would also happen, if a vps hosted somewhere else, got infected, right? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BartyDeCanter@piefed.social 1 point 4 months ago Tailscale is a kind of VPN (virtual private network) not a VPS (virtual private server). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) Tailscale is a VPN (Virtual Private Network) which is different than a VPS (Virtual Private Server). ETA: Oops. I see your question has been answered multiple times. It seems you are a beginner at selfhosting and trying to get a grip on what's necessary to start and trying to wrap your brain around all the acronyms. There is absolutely no shame in being a beginner. Everyone in this community was a beginner at some point in their life. So, don't be bashful about asking questions. I've found the folks here to be patient and helpful. permalink fedilink source parent