Board:   [DoveNet] DoveNet General Chat
Subject: Re: Heya!
From:    poindexter FORTRAN
Date:    Wed Nov 11, 2026 09:40

@VIA: REALITY
-=> Tracker1 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Tr> Yeah, you pretty much have to use a different host name to use
 Tr> cloudflare in front of your website while having the bbs services run.
 Tr> I use host.roughneckbbs.com for my actual services and the website
 Tr> behind (www.)roughneckbbs.com ... this worked pretty well when I was
 Tr> up/online.

 I should take another look at NPM+, tried getting it running but failed
 to get the cloud WAF functionality working. That wouldn't isolate the
 traffic from my IP, but it would provide some protection for devices
 behind my reverse proxy.

 The reality is that most of my proxy needs are for LetsEncrypt
 renewals. the BBS is the only system I advertise outside of my
 firewall.

 Tr> Now, I'm looking more into just using wss: (websockets) for BBS
 Tr> connections

 Now, that's interesting - The same way that a web telnet client can use
 wss to reach the BBS, what if a terminal program supported wss as a
 protocol?

 I have a cheap VPS. I've waffled for years about moving my BBS to it,
 mostly for concerns over backup and longevity of web hosts. The reality
 is that if the BBS went to the cloud, I wouldn't have a reason anymore
 to run a homelab.   :)



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