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Comment by 💀 requiem

Re: "privacy for hosting gemini site?"

In: s/Gemini

I didn’t want to expose my home IP so I bought a cheap starter level $1 VPS, that runs an nginx reverse proxy. The VPS connects to my home server via TailScale (which is basically Wireguard VPN with extra benefits). The local server listens on the machine’s Tailscale IP; nginx forwards traffic on port 1965 to that tailscale IP. To me this is good enough.

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Apr 21 · 5 weeks ago

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🚀 blah_blah_blah · Apr 22 at 05:12:

You could host a gemini server on Tor, using an onion address which is free to generate and requires no private information. The site will only be accessbile to those who torify their gemini connections.

From a privacy perspective, /accessing/ geminispace via Tor also protects you from those who host gemini services.

Personally, privacy is the biggest hurdle holding me back from running gemini services.

There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

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privacy for hosting gemini site? — Hello friend I know gemini use the limited protocol itself to protect the privacy of the client, but what about the host? How do you protect your own privacy when you hosting a site? or do you not worry about exposing your information (like your IP or your email or anything people can get from your domain name) on the net? If you think it is not a concern, I would love to hear your reasoning. Maybe I am just overthinking? And if it does bother you, please...

💬 mos · 5 comments · Apr 21 · 5 weeks ago · #privacy