Hi guys,

Just wanted to see why people would expose services either through a reverse proxy or normally, if technology like WireGuard and OpenVPN exist?

Convenience would probably be the top answer, but is it really worth the risk?

Thanks

  • ztasifak@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is what I like about plex. No need to open any ports. it just works (for me, for additional users), no matter where I am.

    • metalwolf112002@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Same. I run plex on a VPS behind openvpn. Plex’s indirect access makes it really easy to access the media on it even though I can’t open ports across the VPN.

    • ProbablePenguin@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      This is what I like about plex. No need to open any ports.

      You get super limited quality though since it proxies through their servers.

      Plex also uses UPnP to automatically open ports on your router, so unless you’ve disabled that service on your router it’s likely you do have ports open.