Post AwwEFZid2Y56PJeGOW by phnt@fluffytail.org
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(DIR) Post #Aww9RW2A4DDGgOevAm by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T20:03:43.223471Z
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I'm sadWould buying a domain name (and doing nothing with it) heal me?
(DIR) Post #Aww9fPkaE3KzFV43Rw by pernia@cum.estate
2025-08-07T20:06:12.284343Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer no
(DIR) Post #Aww9p42JoQqSnfxf7I by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T20:07:58.580407Z
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@pernia oh, okay :(
(DIR) Post #Aww9rnzhuflduo2yeG by pernia@cum.estate
2025-08-07T20:08:26.887625Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer :headPatz:
(DIR) Post #AwwA3HaqCmw0trtAjw by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-08-07T20:10:31.775016Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer :blobfoxsignno: :neofox_pat_sad:
(DIR) Post #AwwATcz5IRcwlwn5kG by Lyx@cum.estate
2025-08-07T20:15:16.248412Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer @pernia its gonna be okay ill show u this as a delight and then youll be happy again :cp_pile2: :glomped: :flightofthesausage: :trumpkissl: :marseybbc: :trumpkiss:
(DIR) Post #AwwAtYhzodP52bA9M8 by sicp@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-08-07T20:19:58.377342Z
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@pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer I just bought "freebeerextremist.com", I can feel my cells rejuvenating already
(DIR) Post #AwwBRG6LVH81B3caps by Lyx@cum.estate
2025-08-07T20:26:03.275611Z
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@sicp @pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer now camp on it till some microbeernigger blows his entire trust fund to obtain it. Then u can buy ot for pennies in a year when they fail to renew it and it goes into arbitrage
(DIR) Post #AwwBc1aBp8JvKliLSK by sicp@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-08-07T20:28:00.618857Z
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@Lyx @pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer one of my big ideas is to buy a bunch of stupid vanity domains then charge people $1 for a fedi account on it. I think it could scale up into a business
(DIR) Post #AwwCJguK3TsPx6x9A8 by Lyx@cum.estate
2025-08-07T20:35:53.516885Z
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@sicp @pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer sounds like a good idea but alot of people went broke during the dotcom bubble in that exact same way that was the joke lol. U maywant to look into that before u go in too hard ive seen the price on some of those domains it could backfireandadding money into a fedi account adds a certain level of liability not present with free accounts. Just saying lol :fruitiger_adam:
(DIR) Post #AwwCLFvlKDfErfNANE by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T20:36:12.256918Z
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@phnt tragiqueI could do something with it but I know I will face Challenges and I don't want that rn
(DIR) Post #AwwCmKAJgkLPoj5U1Y by sicp@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-08-07T20:41:05.176395Z
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@Lyx @pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer yeah I don't think I'd actually do it, getting payment to even work reliably would be enough of a headache, and people start expecting shit from you once you put money into the equation. something more fun IMO would be getting an account by running a node on the network, kind of like IRC networks where you register a nick by running a server. sounds like a job for revolver
(DIR) Post #AwwDLXBXH1Q6KfRmV6 by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-08-07T20:47:25.791539Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer Play with the things you want host in VMs. That might help you plan things out and how to implement them.
(DIR) Post #AwwDdY5odZXwMOMUAC by menherahair@eientei.org
2025-08-07T20:50:41.675835Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer @phnt acme challenges
(DIR) Post #AwwDk2C5dPQVSGOAkq by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-08-07T20:51:51.388501Z
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@menherahair @warmbeverageenjoyer Fedi admins worst nightmare.
(DIR) Post #AwwDlMEkbKHHuGGSHo by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T20:52:07.594636Z
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@phnt I'm hosting things alright; I don't have any big ambitions. I do want to be able to access my stuff from outside my local net and I think I wanna go the "get a domain, use a reverse proxy and maybe cloudflare" routeBut the networking side always skeeves me out, guides I find are poorly written or written by people trying to sell me things, and yeahAnd it's not the kind of thing I can properly test in a vm, either, right?
(DIR) Post #AwwDruLAiYeVPkOJf6 by Lyx@cum.estate
2025-08-07T20:53:16.863341Z
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@sicp @pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer possibly but p wont publish anything about it so if ur serious u shpuld cum up with ur own solutions. Usong someone elses hypethesis (since its not even published or running theory yet) isnt a good idea. But i do wish u lick ive seen a few people run their own instances they look fun
(DIR) Post #AwwDsaBj843LCcIMls by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T20:53:25.942006Z
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@phnt @menherahair what's the problem with them? o:
(DIR) Post #AwwE0GJetfEDt3fQDg by menherahair@eientei.org
2025-08-07T20:54:47.222113Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer @phnt the most popular client is cursed and rapes your nginx config and you have to read crontab(1) once
(DIR) Post #AwwEDNLu315tTRyC5g by sicp@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-08-07T20:57:10.155906Z
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@Lyx @pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer yeah I'm gearing up for it, just as an experiment/for fun/hacking. partly also just cause it gets annoying having my home instances go up and down and I'd rather just have myself to blame and be the king of my own castle
(DIR) Post #AwwEFZid2Y56PJeGOW by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-08-07T20:57:34.107818Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer @menherahair cron jobs to automate them.
(DIR) Post #AwwEW0IzxY3FUuUgPw by menherahair@eientei.org
2025-08-07T21:00:32.093449Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer @phnt you just need a vpn tunnel and one public endpoint but then you need to understand networking and the online guides do fucking suck so you'd have to ask people about setting it up
(DIR) Post #AwwF0G7rhhpfFdiHWC by Lyx@cum.estate
2025-08-07T21:05:59.817719Z
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@sicp @pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer just dont be a nigger like :clairrushe: and host it on your home computer with your tax returns and credit card # lol.
(DIR) Post #AwwF1bNKBWW1RcaIdc by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-08-07T21:06:15.056278Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer >outside my local net and I think I wanna go the "get a domain, use a reverse proxy and maybe cloudflare" routeYou wouldn't necessary even need a domain. You can have a VPS sitting somewhere with Wireguard configured that has access to some box on your local net. With that you can do additional authentication and proxy things around without exposing everything directly to the VPS.Cloudflare works, but you have to make sure that the services you run never communicate outside of your local network, otherwise you'll leak you home IP. (Many instances of this happening on fedi without people noticing).>But the networking side always skeeves me outNetworking is always either cursed or simple. Never in between.>written by people trying to sell me things:tanyasigh: >And it's not the kind of thing I can properly test in a vm, either, right?You technically could recreate the setup I talked about above with Wireguard. You would need two VMs with one being only on their own network not accessible to you from the outside, and another that has access to both. But it's not easy to setup.
(DIR) Post #AwwFGw6BPws63qsXS4 by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T21:09:02.317233Z
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@menherahair @phnt see I hardly understand what you mean, regarding the endpoint Because I don't understand networking hahaI did try zerotier but it worked inconsistently. i am going to try netbird, maybe (something about them rubs me the wrong way), and I want to avoid tailscale. I believe you can rent a vps to set up your own VPN to remotely connect to your home stuff(?) but I think that's not the route for me But that's about all I know wrt vpns
(DIR) Post #AwwFagHrujUwoXl9bE by sicp@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-08-07T21:12:35.256337Z
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@Lyx @pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer yeah I'm buying a vps, not that stupid
(DIR) Post #AwwFcnHirsDf61hO3k by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T21:12:59.335581Z
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@phnt >but you have to make sure that the services you run never communicate outside of your local networkThis can be achieved by just not having any ports forwarded, right? And I think I remember someone here "auditing" instance owners a while back to check for ip leaking hahaThe setup you described does seem like it would suit my needs potentially. Do you know of anywhere I can read up about how to do this stuff?
(DIR) Post #AwwGnC6bXXbwvU1OSW by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-08-07T21:26:03.249686Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer >This can be achieved by just not having any ports forwarded, right? Not really. To give a precise example. Imagine you have the typical CF tunnel setup and host Pleroma from home. You get all incoming requests through the tunnel and that works fine. But when your instance federates with other instances, it does not use the tunnel and instead uses your home connection with your home IP to federate, thus leaking it.Essentially you would have to make sure that whatever you host does not make outside connections to something you don't trust and is basically "I received request, here's you response" only. You can firewall services that don't want to comply to that rule, but the rules can get complicated quickly. Especially if you don't want to route all outgoing traffic (including OS updates for example) through the VPS.>And I think I remember someone here "auditing" instance owners a while back to check for ip leaking hahaMight have been me. When I see someone uses Cloudflare and have a tmux window to the server open, I sometimes check the logs for that instance. Everybody failed so far.>Do you know of anywhere I can read up about how to do this stuff?I don't have anything, sorry. All my knowledge about Wireguard and firewalls is self-taught. The ArchWiki for Wireguard is pretty good at explaining the basics and various setups you might want, but that's all I have.
(DIR) Post #AwwKI8IM3alTwoxh6O by menherahair@eientei.org
2025-08-07T22:05:15.515178Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer @phnt > see I hardly understand what you mean, regarding the endpoint here it's just a way to say box reachable via static ip or domain hooked up with dyndns, so you have a reliable entry point to network with the other stuff hidden from the internet. if you're willing to use your home ip you can just do that. otherwise it's probably a vps>zerotier netbird etcnonono that's all snake oil, you just need one linux box with wireguard you can connect to from outside and that'll do all the networking you need. implementations details vary and you may need to write some iptables/nftables rules. the mostly foolproof setup with a vps goes something like>configure wireguard on vps with 10.0.0.1/32, that's your router/gateway>wireguard peer all your crap with the vps, give them /32 addresses inside like 10.0.0.0/16 and set the vps as 10.0.0.1/16 so most config window implementations like networkmanager automagically setup the route for 10.0.0.0/16 via the wireguard tunnel for you>enable packet forwarding and allow it in firewall for the wireguard interface on the vps>doneall of my networking knowledge comes either from screwing with my wireguard and lxc setups or the comptia network+ study materials
(DIR) Post #AwwLOnkYwPlOD3tpaa by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T22:17:41.416244Z
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@phnt gotcha, thanks for explaining! And it might have been you, yeah hahaI very much appreciate you pointing out things to watch out for because known unknowns I can work with. It's the unknown unknowns that are scary Thanks
(DIR) Post #AwwLeGpL7EPCjaVgg5 by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T22:20:29.153564Z
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@menherahair @phnt this makes a bit more sense to me, thank you I think I gravitate toward the other stuff because I've had mixed experiences mucking around with wireguard and "someone else handles it for me" is appealing I'll definitely look into wireguard etc more. Knowledge like this is valuable, which is why it annoys me to no end that I keep bouncing off of it
(DIR) Post #AwwUG4BzL3zaBadaDY by veinglory
2025-08-07T23:56:57.411012Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer >Would buying a domain name (and doing nothing with it) heal me?The pain you feel when you get a domain renewal email about that project you never worked on is indescribable
(DIR) Post #AwwUVXlbfDIwFlg4NU by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-07T23:59:45.234397Z
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@veinglory yeah but what if it reminds you of a fart joke from a year ago, because the domain name is a fart joke? what then
(DIR) Post #AwwVDofqAIitQn5izY by veinglory
2025-08-08T00:07:45.310262Z
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@warmbeverageenjoyer brb brapgod.io
(DIR) Post #AwwYkYtEAdjbtdeujg by warmbeverageenjoyer
2025-08-08T00:47:17.292720Z
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@veinglory wish there was a .hog tld.brap.hog.legendary
(DIR) Post #AwwcQpMdbq8B12GEMq by Lyx@cum.estate
2025-08-08T01:28:30.040055Z
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@sicp @pernia @warmbeverageenjoyer dedicated raspberri pi's work too