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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 months ago (7 children)

You objectively shouldn't expose Jellyfin to the internet. It has a rather large attack surface and isn't designed with security in mind.

Pretending everything is fine won't solve the problem

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

Sounds like a great reason to use Plex instead!

edit: to add something constructive to my snarky comment, what kind of attack surface are we talkin here? Multiple ports? Lots of separate services running? No authentication?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Plex has its own set of problems

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Sure, but being mostly secure by default isn't one of them. One advantage of running a service that offers optional subscription services is that they can offer security features like built-in SSL and AAA that just work. Any average user can install it and have a reasonably secure service running. Hell, until a few months ago you didn't even need to open a port to have remote access to your content, whether you paid or not. Now they've made that a paid feature though.

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