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Issue created Oct 03, 2021 by crixus@curlycrixusOwner

Update secure domain section to clarify concepts (DuckDNS, Let's Encrypt, Pi-Hole, Reverse Proxy, OpenVPN)

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  • This issue is a content request, and not a bug report, feature request, or anything other

What are you missing or what could be improved?

I keep reading articles about how to secure my network properly (https://gofoss.today/secure-domain) and what do all sort of things mean (despite reading like 10 articles on "reverse proxy" I still don't think I quite understand what it is), but they never seem to clearly explain what exactly is being prevented.


Hi! I think your website is wonderful source of suggestions on what software to use for what purpose. In that regard I have absolutely no qualms. Admittedly, I rarely use the individual guides for installation, as I prefer use Docker for everything. Still, it's great to have such consistent and well arranged source at my disposal.

In regard to what I complained about, in all fairness to you, I couldn't find the answers anywere, not just your website. While it is quite clear what I can expect from a photo or password managers, it's not quite as clear what benefit I will gain from using Pi-hole as a DHCP server. That's in short where my trouble stems from - I don't have the network knowledge required to understand how I could benefit from a DHCP server (that's not the the default one on my router).

What is the solution you'd like to see?

  1. clarify how DuckDNS works & what it does
  2. clarify how Let's Encrypt works & what it does
  3. clarify how Pi-Hole works & what it does
  4. clarify how a Reverse Proxy works & what it does
  5. clarify how OpenVPN works & what it does

Do you have additional comments?

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