Board:   [fsxNet] BBS Software Development/Support
Subject: RE: BBS Security...
From:    NuSkooler(21:1/121)
Date:    Fri Sep 04, 2026 10:45

Shurato around Thursday, September 3rd...
 Sh> This part really needs to be explained to me in greater detail.  Can't I
 Sh> use my NoIP certs?  Right now I've got a cert set up for shsbbs.net, but
 Sh> not subdomains as I'd need one for each.  If I want to use zen armor with
 Sh> TLS, I'd have to pay a great deal for licenses and to use a local cert to
 Sh> re-encrypt would show people that the cert was invalid, wouldn't it?

If your IP address is changing very often, I think this can still work fine.

Your NoIP certs: I'm not sure what you have there, so I can't answer. I don't know anything about Zen Armor, either.

- You can use Let's Encrypt to get your certs, includnig sub domains, 100% free
- Find a ACME client you like to achieve the above & keep your certs up to date automatically
- You can use free nginx or caddy to TLS terminate from the outside (internet) to your internal infra/services. Similar solutions exist for SSH if you want it. These are "reverse proxies".
- Put a firewall in front of it all. Orthogonal to the rest.

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