I joined Lemmy back in 2020 and have been using it as [email protected] until somewhere in 2023 when I switched to lemmy.world. I’m interested in Linux, FOSS, technology, and several other subjects.

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  • Ip address doesn’t expose where you live.

    https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=geoip+lookup

    Tunnels stop you from opening a port so nothing is exposed openly to the internet1 but it does not keep your ip private2.

    This is also incorrect.

    1. The entire purpose of CF tunnels is to expose sites on the internet
    2. CF tunnels (and services like it e.g. ngrok) rely on shared proxy servers that forward traffic based on HTTP host headers (which is why you can’t forward arbitrary TCP traffic). The IP of the site will therefore have the shared IP of the company’s proxy server instead of your own.


  • qaz@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldCloudflare is bad. Youre right.
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    24 hours ago

    Yes, but if you host a public site it might be a better option, the content is public anyway, and you won’t get doxed if you publish something controversial. It’s a trade-off, between keeping traffic private or keeping your IP private. Wireguard works best for private traffic, but you can’t host a public site with that.