How to have potentially insecure services exposed on the network, but hidden for everyone but trusted clients.

This post follows my path of understanding how much I don’t understand DNS and why it is the root of all evil.
But also it was the path to achieving something I was not able to just find a clean how-to for,
something which is said to be impossible without additional cost,
and something which is a dream come true for all the self-server-hosters, homelabbers et al.
It enables exploring a plethora of new endeavors without compromising on safety or convenience.

A short entry describing a generic(-ish) solution for a specific problem that shouldn’t even exist.

Note: This was drafted in 2018 but finally written in 2022, yay for procrastination.

Sources:

• https://gist.github.com/kotarou3/3813bbf7833a0e4618f7fbe8a377872d
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2015/01/16/surround-sound-over-network-with-windows-8/
• https://github.com/jackaudio/jackaudio.github.com/wiki/WalkThrough_User_NetJack2

The first in a series of posts about my adventure into the realtime Linux world.
Instruction-esque stuff inside, if you dare to follow along.

For a long time here lied a draft (glorified placeholder) of an article, now fully written and available here.

About adventures with setting up nginx with Let’s Encrypt SSL, easy expandability for upcoming services, and stuff.

A new day, a new server.
A blank canvas to fill with wonders of modern computing.