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  • scans for open ports ran continuously since the 1990s, it was never a big deal. Also they only run on lower ports (not that it matters)

    what are you talking about killing your internet performance? You can have hundreds of thousands of scans per day (which isn’t gonna happen, you won’t even get 100) and it still won’t bog down jank cable internet from early 2000s



  • rice@lemmy.orgtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldRisks of self-hosting a public-facing forum?
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    20 hours ago

    Do it.

    There’s really not much that can end badly, someone gets in your network (unlikely anyone even knows it exists)? reformat all your shit. Just by knowing what a DMZ is you are already more qualified than half the people I’ve met self hosting

    do you run a business out of your house? do you run a bunch of peoples personal info? does anyone else? If you answered no to all of these then there really isn’t much that can “go wrong” you can just unplug your shit.

    hosting email also isn’t that big of a deal but your home ISP will block port 25, you need to have a “business” one for them to unblock it and even then sometimes have to directly request it. Things like mailcow docker make it dead easy.

    and yea as the other guy said always update your stuff




  • Surge protectors go bad just fyi. All surge protectors protect against every surge that hits a house. The surge goes everywhere at the same time and all surge protectors will suppress it. The closer it is to the “source” the better. Whole home protectors generally are for bigger surges but they do have multi types “levels” in them (there are 4 types, but these are different “types”). There are a lot of good videos on this subject on youtube


  • Yea you are right, I would say 1990s based on the wattage rating being on a metal plate embedded into that plastic. Not newer than 2000 unless it is some very specialty company.

    Yea all of them should be able to pull off because the cover cannot go on with the knob on there. However there could be a screw in the side holding it on, can’t see all the way around it. If your mom is old she might just have shit grip strength and can’t grab it to pull it off. I know plenty of older women that have what I’d consider no strength there at all, that is all forearm.






  • rice@lemmy.orgtolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldNon-Linux-Users Be Like:
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    22 hours ago

    installing the easier linux distros has been easier than windows since like 2004. I never understood the “it’s hard to install” out of everything else that may be legit to complain about

    the only thing I can guess is the people that say that are the people that can’t get into their bios and do not know how to reformat windows either.