Hosting things from home is either difficult or expensive these days. I've got a slow, unreliable DSL connection at home, and what I like to do is maintain my primary server at home but rsync it to a colo server for access from outside. I run OpenVPN on the colo server to enable me to ssh to my home network from outside, without needing a live ssh port at home for attackers to probe.
Of course, I'm not running an email server at home. If I wanted to do so, I'd set up dovecot at home and use imapsync to pull my mail from an outside provider. On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@geekspace.com> wrote: > I have a couple of web/mail/shell/etc. servers that are currently > hosted `in the cloud', but which I'd really like to move > to my basement if possible (with the caveat that I don't live/work > at a college or an ISP...). > > Basically, I want: > > * 2 or 3 static IP addresses. > > * A fast enough *uplink* (consumer service is typically great > on download speeds but has lousy upload speeds); > > * A reliable enough link--service can't be interrupted > on a weekly or even monthly basis, and interruptions can't > last for hours at a time. The consumer DSL subscription > I have right now completely fails this criterion. > > * Something that won't empty my wallet (so far, I've made > one inquiry to an ISP about `business class' service, > and got a response of `what you really want is a T1 > for $300/month'; that's a little heavy..., but > maybe someone here has a good story about becoming > their neighbours' ISP?). > > I neither need nor want mail hosting services, web hosting services, > phone service, or anything like that. > > Assuming I have options other than `go live at a college or ISP', > what are they? Or is home server-hosting a completely ridiculous idea > in our modern world? > > My friends down in MA say, `get FIOS!'.... > > -- > "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email j...@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
