thehitman47

Now I’ve got it. I’ll use some cheap hosting, and scrap the idea of using virtual hosts on pc.

Thanks a lot for the explanation!

I never expect that blog to become so popular that a huge ddos will be worth it for someone/somebody, but only now I’m understanding how the modern web works, and indeed it’s a bad idea to host with the home pc.

If I understood right there might be some automatic scrappers (from social media links or whatever) looking for valid sites to break into – and my puny home hardware won’t stand a chance against them.

I actually built a decent page with WordPress in the last couple of days, now let’s move the database 🙂

Thank you – I have exactly this setup, a custom domain bought from no-ip and the ASUS router providing DDNS to the custom domain, forwarding the necessary ports to my PC.

I don’t know enough people at my ISP to have the privilege of a fixed ip haha 🙂

Regarding the “very few people do this”, did you mean that it’s better to rent some cheap hosting for the blog?

I already have my PC accessible to the internet for about a year with SMB and qBittorrent web ui server, to create my own more reliable versions of netflix & spotify when I’m out 🙂 Everything has strong passwords, including the router itself which is also accessible at another port.