Hi everyone!

I’m looking into self-hosting, and I currently have dynamic DNS set up to point to my home IP.

My question: is it worth getting a dedicated IP through a VPN?

I’m pretty technically savvy, but when it comes to networking I lack practical experience. My thought is that pointing my domain to a dedicated IP and routing that traffic to my home IP would be safer - especially if I only allow traffic on certain ports from that IP. Just curious if that idea holds up in practice, or if it’s not worth the effort.

  • kakesOPEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    Just in terms of broadcasting my home IP directly vs having a middleman, essentially.

    • atzanteolEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      You’re not “broadcasting” anything. You’re running a server.

      Your browser is the thing sending your ip to every site you visit. And beyond simple geolocation data it’s not that useful to anybody.

      • kakesOPEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Sorry, yeah, “broadcasting” was a bad word choice. What I meant was that if I port-forward, it exposes that socket to potential bad actors searching for exposed services.