reluctant_squidd

What I suggest/have done:

1. Rent a cheap VPS in a non-five eyes country that comes with a static ipv4.

2. SSH on random port with certificate auth only. No root, no password auth.

3. setup WireGuard server with random port.

4. firewall block all incoming except ssh and WireGuard port at first.

5. set home server to connect via wireguard as sole client to VPS.

6. individually add any ports you want to go to the home server from the internet as NAT forwarded ports. Basically WWW -> VPS -> Home.

7. have a separate WireGuard VPN for outgoing from the home server.

8. profit?

But it’s crazy complicated. At least it was for me. Not for the faint hearted imo.

Thanks for this! I’ll read up on it.

The name unfortunately put me off from looking into it before. Basically anything with ‘coin’ in it just makes my brain go to crypto scam automatically these days I think.

You are 100% correct. The issue isn’t the infrastructure per se, but the usage of it.

By decentralizing, I guess I mean finding a way to remove the ability for a mega company like Google from being able to dominate the playfield.

The percentage of internet users that can or will bother to run their own DNS is way too low.

How easily DNS can be manipulated by any network for the average end user is the blessing and the curse it seems.

Can someone considerably smarter than me, with time to spare, please just find a way to federate/decentralize DNS.

I can fathom that it is complicated, maybe even impossible in the current setup, but the internet we all grew to love dies a little bit more each time the mouth breathers try to restrict it on behalf of capitalism.

Maybe remembering ip addresses can fill the void of not having to remember phone numbers anymore?

Is there a stock to invest in for anti-drone technology in the area?

If so, something tells me sales are about to go up!

Religious saviour types. You know the ones. Speaking in tongues and curing the ill by laying a hand on their head.

Not to necessarily bash anyone’s religion, but they know it’s fake, we all know it’s fake, but they keep doing it anyways.

Also, along the same lines. The people that will tell you they are devout but through ignorance, intolerance and lack of general intelligence, do exactly the opposite of the teachings, using out of context references to the text as excuses for their terrible ways.

“Look like”

I feel like if the supernatural exists as portrayed by popular culture, then societies around the globe must have had a coordinated and lasting effort to snuff it out at every turn and would have to meticulously continue those efforts even today.

We could debate that the crusades, Salem witch trials, burning of the library in Alexandria, etc are all proof of this effort, but how could anyone really prove it? And would knowing it is real and it is just not accessible make things any better?

Honestly, as much as the idea of controlling forces not inherently responsive to my own command is intriguing. Realistically it would add a whole new level of messed up to our already botched attempt at existence as a species.

I prefer to think of magic as simply the science we haven’t yet discovered.

What do you think someone from a few centuries ago would say about the technology we have today?

It was real in 2023. It was quickly and aptly named the dickyberg.

That term alone should net you the appropriate search results to confirm it.

I’m surprised they can get insurance at all after all that has happened.

I don’t think this is as shocking as that headline wants it to be.

Other countries have proven this repeatedly, along with the fact that forced static learning and homework at young ages isn’t the way. Learning through play is far more effective.

Good luck convincing the old boots that make the decisions these days though.

Forest fires are no joke.

Prepare. Stay informed. Listen to the authorities.

If they tell you to leave your home and evacuate, leave.