I'd like to create a Plex/Jellyfin server that I can open up to family and friends on other networks. I know there are security concerns with opening my home network to outside traffic like this, but I'm not educated well enough on cyber security to know what practices to avoid or how to accomplish this safely.
Something I've come across is the Firewalla Purple . It's a device that plugs into your modem to provide a firewall, DNS ad blocking, and some other cyber security features.
From what I've read, the network monitoring and security features provided by this product would solve the security concerns that come with opening a Jellyfin/Plex server to outside connections. Firewalla also provides lifetime access to their VPN with the purchase of their products, so I could stop paying for Proton if it's any good. The DNS ad blocking is a huge bonus.
How can I safely let friends and family stream from my Plex/Jellyfin server? Would this Firewalla product solve any of these issues? Is their VPN service comparable to Proton or Mullvad?
Their recent ToS update: "We bricked your TV until you 'consent' to waiving your right to sue us if we do something illegal. Also, we won't tell you what you're consenting to up front, instead we'll make you spend hours reading through pages and pages of legal garbage to find where we buried this statement."
They know that nobody would agree to this if they put it in big bold letters right above the "agree" button, so they bury it behind hours of tedious reading so that people cave in and just "consent."
If you roofy someone's drink and pester them until they "consent" to sex, you would get thrown and jail and probably shanked in the liver. If Roku bricks the TV that you purchased and won't let it work again until you consent to something that you're nearly guaranteed to miss or not understand by design, their profits go up because people can't sue them.
This capitalism hellhole can't burn down fast enough.