Hey! Sorry for the repeating question, I have a very specific question though.

For context, I access my services using a vpn, and that’s been great. However, I’ve been a lot of people mentioning reverse proxies. Are they necessary or more of a convenience thing? I ask because I don’t see something that I cannot do with my current vpn setup.

Thanks!

  • Prodigle@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    A reverse proxy will let you write domain name -> IP. People use them even in private networks to remove the need to remember a bunch of IPS. They can be used in conjunction with exposed services but exposing them you would do somewhere else (port forwarding in your router)