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Assuming the user will not be connecting over vpn, but is both remote and non-technical, how would you expose Jellyfin to them securely?

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[–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

If client certificates and basic auth is not supported by jellyfin:

  • reverse proxy
  • strong random subdomain
  • wildcard certificate
  • tls1.3 only
  • doh/dot only

1-3 make random scanners unable to find your service, 4&5 even hide it from your ISP. Dot/doh service will still know your subdomain, so be your own dot/doh ! :D

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Throw in port knocking for good measure.

[–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You telling me jellyfin Clients can't handle client certs but can port knock?

My proposal is for maxing ux on the client side while being properly hidden.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

No you port knock first to open the ports. Then connect the client.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm no expert, but an unguessible URL path is similar but not visible to DNS. Could do both.

[–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 hours ago

If jellyfin Clients can do URLs, sure