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=== Regular Security Updates & OpenVPN === Let’s start at the very beginning with OpenVPN. We are not opening ports to the internet for ANYTHING, except for receiving self-hosted mail. We’re running a bunch of different open source services that less than 0.1% of the population (if I’m being generous) actually use. I '''LIKE''' <code>Immich</code>, <code>Home Assistant</code>, <code>Syncthing</code>, <code>FreePBX</code>, <code>OnlyOffice</code>, <code>Nextcloud</code>, <code>Mailcow</code>, <code>Frigate</code>. But I don’t want them just open to the internet. They’re nice software, but they’re [https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/FUTO:General_disclaimer used by 0.0001%] of the population. Further, even if they WERE secure, by opening ports to the internet, I am letting every Tom, Dick & Harry who wants to peek in see what I am running on my IP address. OpenVPN is used by companies in the S&P 500, banks, and governments; it’s everywhere! The beauty of OpenVPN is that if there’s ever a security breach, it’s going to get found and fixed because there are tens of millions of eyes on it at any given moment. There is too much ''investment'' in OpenVPN for it to wither on the vine and become fundamentally insecure. OpenVPN is as secure as it gets, and while it’s not ''perfect'', we are massively reducing our ''RISK'' of being hacked & exploited by utilizing OpenVPN to get into our home network vs. opening ports willy nilly to 10 different pieces of software. I don’t want people to be able to see that these services are all running on my server. That means there are four, six, eight, or 15 different points of failure. I’d rather have one point of failure that’s managed properly. And that’s what a VPN is for—a way to create a secure, encrypted tunnel between your phone and your server. <span id="why-cant-i-buy-a-30-router-at-walmart"></span>
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