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Securing a 'public' service for family (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by IanTwenty@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Edit: thanks for all your help and replies, this is a such a great community!

I would like to host a public service for some family, probably Peertube so we can share some videos. Invite only.

There's no way I'm going to get everyone onto a VPN, it's a non-starter though I would prefer it.

I am thinking to use a VPS with anubis and either crowdsec or fail2ban (or both?!) in front of Peertube. Will apply as much hardening as I can muster behind that: things in containers, systemd hardening, SELinux/Apparmor enabled/tuned, separate users for services, the usual. All ports shut except 80/443, firewall up.

Despite all this I expect it will get scanned and attacked as it will have to expose ports 80/443 to the world so for family it will just work.

Is there anything else I should consider for security? Is Peertube the weakest link in the chain? (a little concerned their min password length is 6 it seems and no 2fa). So long as I keep whole thing up-to-date is it as secure as anybody can manage these days (without resorting to VPN)?

Is it all too much hassle and I should look for a company that offers hosted Peertube so they can worry about it?

Thanks for any and all advice.

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Consider Tailscale. It's a mesh VPN based on Wireguard that uses a hosted service to manage keys and devices. It works without having to expose any ports on the firewall, and can expose a service through a relay server.

Some people will say that you shouldn't trust it because company bad, but you should give it a try and make up your own mind. If you're feeling adventurous, you can install Headscale on a VPS to serve as a control server.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Bro said 'no vpn' a hundred times lol

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bro is also concerned about attacks on exposed well-known ports, in which case bro can use Tailscale Funnel to expose a service without exposing a port. Besides, bro can make up bro's own mind.

[–] IanTwenty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Hey thanks for this. Yep I've got too many users and most are not technical so it's just a huge headache to get them all onto VPN not matter how simple. That said I'd consider tailscale/funnel for other projects and it's always good to hear what others are using.