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[–] radar@programming.dev 31 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Reverse proxy doesn't really get you much security. If there is an application level issue a reverse proxy will not help

[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hmmm, I'm a bit rusty on this but can't one put an auth gate in front of the application, handled by the reverse proxy?

[–] radar@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can, that would actually give you security. Not sure how many people do that. I assumed a straight reverse proxy without any auth

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I think that's one of the major reasons to use pangolin over something like nginx - built in auth and support for oidc.

Of course, the native jellyfin apps don't like the auth layer so idk if it helps if you're trying to install it on your dad's tv

[–] tiz@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

I see thanks. I’ll think about it more.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

well, at least you are not depending on the application to do TLS properly, and you may be able to set up some access restrictions that your clients may support