What’s your go too (secure) method for casting over the internet with a Jellyfin server.
I’m wondering what to use and I’m pretty beginner at this
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I have had Jellyfin directly open to the Internet with a reverse proxy for years. No problems.
If your reverse proxy only acknowledges jellyfin exists if the hostname is correct, you won't get discovered by an IP scanner.
Mine's on jellyfin.[domain].com and you get a completely different page if you hit it by IP address.
If it does get found, there's also a fail2ban to rate-limit someone brute-forcing a login.
I've always exposed my home IP to the internet. Haven't had an issue in the last 15 years. I'm running about 10 public-facing services including NTP and SMTP.
Please to see: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415
Someone doesn't necessarily have to brute Force a login if they know about pre-existing vulnerabilities, that may be exploited in unexpected ways