forestbeasts

Distros that don't have SELinux generally have AppArmor, which is similar, and has the advantage that it doesn't have quite such a boneheaded design getting in the way all the time. :3 So I wouldn't pick a distro just to get SELinux, personally!

(I don't like how SELinux sticks labels on individual files, except those labels are apparently pointless, because there's a tool specifically to go through your whole filesystem and reset all the labels if they get screwed up. Which can happen (e.g. if you mount a home directory that doesn't have the labels of every single file in it set to "this is a home file", because you moved it from a Debian install where that isn't a thing).)

-- Frost

We use nginx for that! It can proxy TCP/UDP in general. You can also have it be your TLS endpoint and then pass stuff back to the backend over plain HTTP, if you trust your VPS, but you don't have to.

nginx can preserve the source IP with its "proxy_protocol" feature, somewhat (might only work for HTTPS; with proxy_protocol, nginx on server A will then set the appropriate header with the IP it gets from server B). Or if you decrypt on the VPS, it can set the appropriate header for you before sending it back to server A.

I've got a guide on how we have ours set up: https://frost.brightfur.net/blog/selfhosting-with-a-bounce-vps-part-1/

-- Frost

Oooh lovely!! We're uh, pre-12.5 I think.

A DVD won't work, right, it's gotta be a bluray? Because if we can do this with a DVD-R and not need another reader, that'd be great.

Shoot, apparently it's not open source. That's not confidence-inspiring... but then again PS3 CFWs weren't either (*sighs*)

Does that apply to PS4s running 11.something? I can't remember what OS version our PS4 is on, but it's new enough that a jailbreak only came out pretty recently. Needed a specific game disc to work.

Oooh awesome. I figured normal burned discs wouldn't work.

We don't have a bluray burner (only a CD/DVD drive) but have been kinda wanting to get one.

Wait, you can get jailbreak discs from aliexpress? That might be worth looking into...

(although, how do we know if it's got malware on it?)

Whoa, seriously? Okay that's awesome to know. And pretty cool.

-- Frost

The UI is just way, way, WAY less obnoxious.

I do wish it had the niche communities though. Stuff for individual games, etc.

-- Frost

A miserable pile of posts!

And honestly, in the coming age of "OSes that don't spy on you will be illegal!!", I'm really, really glad for that. We've got the entire 27-ISO set of Debian 13.0.0 squirreled away. There's even more discs for the sources, and they go to great lengths to ensure that everything can be built with no external dependencies that aren't available in the archive.

Debian: It's Apocalypse-Proof.™

-- Frost

Haha yeah! :3 I uh, misread the critter I replied to as saying "I don't get it" rather than "I'm not even interested in getting it". Cue the massive infodump. >,,>

I'm not that sorry, though. It's still fun to talk about and also kinda hilarious that it happened.

-- Frost

Debian is weird in even having non-live ISOs, but they do have various live ones with different desktops! (Don't grab the one from the homepage, grab one of the live ones instead.)