Post AqVV1ONDa1JKPJsNma by saahbs@liberdon.com
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(DIR) Post #AqVV1ONDa1JKPJsNma by saahbs@liberdon.com
2025-01-27T00:14:53Z
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I returned back to Internet’s roots, to a personal web server.Back to the basics from the world of centralized, controlled and censored platforms.Instead of running Mastodon, or any of alternative ActivityPub servers, I elected to stand up (again) my own personal web site. Requirements are: control, simplicity and ability to integrate with ActivityPub and other future open protocols.#web #activitypub #federated #freedom more on:https://saahbs.net/post/20250104-first-post/
(DIR) Post #AqVV1PQRfVUDfcOTS4 by billblake2018@liberdon.com
2025-01-27T12:15:38Z
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@saahbs Over here, your home machines are behind your provider's NAT proxy unless you pay for a static IP address. Do you have that issue? How do you deal with it?
(DIR) Post #AqVV1VKzgggu0RtCmu by saahbs@liberdon.com
2025-01-27T00:18:05Z
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@JF I wrote up some more details on my blog wrt my approach to sharing content and meshing with existing social networks. Take a look if any of it resonates.
(DIR) Post #AqVlAHgJQdZzWd4MRE by saahbs@liberdon.com
2025-01-27T15:16:31Z
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@billblake2018 About a decade ago I had business DSL with static IP and ran everything out of my house. It was convenient, but more expensive than a decent VM or VPS.Today I have a number of small VMs I utilize for my projects - I've had very good experience with #linode .If you are starting from scratch using my approach, then buying your own domain and getting cheapest web hosting (or S3) would work - the site it statically compiled.Here is S3 cost breakdown: https://medium.com/@bezdelev/cost-breakdown-for-a-static-website-on-aws-after-18-months-in-production-d97a932d2d25
(DIR) Post #AqWIwcb0GmKumGF7Ds by billblake2018@liberdon.com
2025-01-27T21:35:03Z
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@saahbs Whoops. I probably should have mentioned that I'm an old hand at this. I've run ISPs, had DSL into my home for my personal use, was a FreeBSD user from before it was FreeBSD (and still am), and know the ins and outs of networking. But you didn't mention whether you were doing it from home, so I thought I had better ask in case I had missed something.
(DIR) Post #AqWZkoCN0IKQVZfpmC by saahbs@liberdon.com
2025-01-28T00:43:22Z
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@billblake2018 awesome, same here wrt "old hands" :). I have been running my own SMTP server for 20+ years and worked professionally on major SMTP services. Anyways, I no longer serve from my house - too unreliable compared to a ~linode VM and not cheaper.If you require hosting on-premises, my current favorite approach is to VPN-out the on-premises box to a node with static IP and proxy back all web traffic through the VPN. This tends to be much more robust than dyndns approaches.
(DIR) Post #AqWaBMWU0cRQUbk8eG by billblake2018@liberdon.com
2025-01-28T00:48:12Z
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@saahbs Since I'm averse to paying for stuff, I'd probably just set up my host on my phone and make it available via Tor. That might annoy a few who don't feel like using Tor, but it would keep the riff-raff out. :)
(DIR) Post #AqWeTHXbfacw4S4Krw by saahbs@liberdon.com
2025-01-28T01:36:16Z
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@billblake2018 I suppose that is a principled approach for a VERY SPECIFIC set of requirement which do not include general purpose availability đŸ¤£
(DIR) Post #AqWfBiNFGcJO27PSi0 by billblake2018@liberdon.com
2025-01-28T01:44:17Z
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@saahbs LOL. I actually have a neocities account where one of these days I could put a real site instead of the placeholder I hacked into place. Neocities is purely static hosting, but it's free and almost entirely under the user's control. But yeah...if I wanted to do something, um, unpopular, Tor on a phone would be the way to go!