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  • scans for open ports ran continuously since the 1990s, it was never a big deal. Also they only run on lower ports (not that it matters)

    what are you talking about killing your internet performance? You can have hundreds of thousands of scans per day (which isn’t gonna happen, you won’t even get 100) and it still won’t bog down jank cable internet from early 2000s



  • Do it.

    There’s really not much that can end badly, someone gets in your network (unlikely anyone even knows it exists)? reformat all your shit. Just by knowing what a DMZ is you are already more qualified than half the people I’ve met self hosting

    do you run a business out of your house? do you run a bunch of peoples personal info? does anyone else? If you answered no to all of these then there really isn’t much that can “go wrong” you can just unplug your shit.

    hosting email also isn’t that big of a deal but your home ISP will block port 25, you need to have a “business” one for them to unblock it and even then sometimes have to directly request it. Things like mailcow docker make it dead easy.

    and yea as the other guy said always update your stuff




  • Surge protectors go bad just fyi. All surge protectors protect against every surge that hits a house. The surge goes everywhere at the same time and all surge protectors will suppress it. The closer it is to the “source” the better. Whole home protectors generally are for bigger surges but they do have multi types “levels” in them (there are 4 types, but these are different “types”). There are a lot of good videos on this subject on youtube