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I have a Samba mount at home (behind NAT, accessible via wireguard VPN), which works very well when accessing my home files when traveling (I travel a lot for work).

The only detail missing from this solution is sharing individual files with friends. I could give them access to my VPN, but that gives them access to everything, not just one thing I want to share. Also not all my friends are that tech savvy to manage connecting to a VPN.

What would be really great is to have a link-generator that punches a hole in the NAT to give them access to specific files. Are there any self-hosted solutions for that?

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[โ€“] beella@lemmings.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I would not rely on catbox for the long term.

[โ€“] BuckWylde@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

That's always sound advice