Dynamic DNS vs Dedicated VPN IP
Dynamic DNS vs Dedicated VPN IP
Hi everyone!
I'm looking into self-hosting, and I currently have dynamic DNS set up to point to my home IP.
My question: is it worth getting a dedicated IP through a VPN?
I'm pretty technically savvy, but when it comes to networking I lack practical experience. My thought is that pointing my domain to a dedicated IP and routing that traffic to my home IP would be safer - especially if I only allow traffic on certain ports from that IP. Just curious if that idea holds up in practice, or if it's not worth the effort.
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Safer in terms of what?
If you can't justify it, then no, save your money.
Just in terms of broadcasting my home IP directly vs having a middleman, essentially.
You're not "broadcasting" anything. You're running a server.
Your browser is the thing sending your ip to every site you visit. And beyond simple geolocation data it's not that useful to anybody.
Sorry, yeah, "broadcasting" was a bad word choice. What I meant was that if I port-forward, it exposes that socket to potential bad actors searching for exposed services.