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I posted a while back, tested the biggest open endpoints and they were properly secured, the issues just weren't updated.
Note: Plex didn't have SSL, and refused to implement it, until ~6 weeks after I created a POC token exploit. Here's the GitHub repo I posted as a patch before they got their system in order: https://github.com/Fmstrat/plex-ssl. In other words, don't give them too much credit.
I'll go look at it again as well, their (jf) source control still had a lot of ancient open tickets last time I looked at it.
TLS for Plex was a really nice guesture. Company handling the issuing of the cert was pretty nice.
Realistically, I don't mind running a proxy for SSL unwrapping, there are enough projects out there that handle the unwrapping and renew their own keys from lets encrypt.
I just want to self-host this thing maybe run it through a single proxy product send the URL out to my extended family and forget about it. I wanted to be as secure as reasonably possible enough that I feel comfortable surfacing it.
Right now I surface Plex for the distant relations and tailscale jellyfin for my own, but it kills me I want Plex gone. But there are random TVs and kids on tablets, and honestly I don't want to be everyone's VPN endpoint or worry about onboarding everyone's new device.
Yea the catch was we were asking for TLS for a long time, and this was pre- Let's Encrypt, so those patching on their own didn't have a free (minus work) way to handle it. It took a releasable POC to get action.
All out devices just have a permanent Wireguard client since it uses basically no battery, and then a allow rules for households. If you don't want to run the client, and don't want to take the time to learn, you don't get access. But I totally get how that's not for everyone.
Yeah, my problem is televisions.
If it was just tablets phones and desktops I could do SSL client certificates.
For my personal use I'm using tailscale and it's wonderful.
Ahhh. I put the wireguard client on the router, so it's more of a site to site setup for TVs.