nitrolife

I think in the fediverse such services are not designed for fully private mode. And to be honest I can't even remember any other services. Maybe set up an instance of Mastodon and defederate it, plus add something like basic auth. But that's not a 'out of the box' solution.

The first step is to understand what you want exactly. Microblogging like Twitter? A social network like Facebook? A video hosting like YouTube? This depends on a lot. Lemmy communities can't be closed out of the box, but YouTube for example can be closed to registered users or with a private link.

Good. It seems I unconsciously used my own experience. In my country, even having users limit on a platform requires you to register with the state service.

In that case, it doesn't matter much what you set up. If you just need a chat, Matrix is a good option. Or maybe Mattermost if you need a nice client. There are also several social network platforms in the Fediverse.

Well then, your choices are: 1. Buy a server under a false name 2. Never connect directly to the server or the host's site. Use proxies for management (preferably proxies in another country). 3. Change keys more often. 4. Reinstall the system on a VPS so that the disk is fully encrypted in case the VPS is seized or management is intercepted. LUKS is the best choice. 5. Don't keep any logs on the server.

Even with all this, your VPS provider can still reveal the addresses of everyone who connected to the instance, so the most challenging part from a user experience perspective is: none of your users should connect directly to the instance, only through proxies or VPNs on other nodes.

Honestly, it's much easier to publish an instance on Tor or I2P networks. But in any case, even if the server is published on I2P, follow all the points from the first paragraph.

UPD: honestly, it's better to put a i2p Floodfill router on a VPS to support the anonymous network within the country. And promote node hosting. This will give much more benefit. Publishing something inside an anonymous network is much less risky than on the internet, though caution must still be exercised.

My provider doesn't provide IPv6, but I rented a server in a data center, bought a subnet, and tunneled it home via WireGuard. So the scheme is roughly: VPS (fd00:1::/64) <-> (fd00:1::/64) Home router (realv6/64) <-> Home network

Router configuration:

/etc/sysctl.d/10-ipv6-privacy.conf

net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr = 0
net.ipv6.conf.default.use_tempaddr = 0
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.forwarding = 1

/etc/radvd.conf

interface br0 {
    AdvSendAdvert on;
    MinRtrAdvInterval 3;
    MaxRtrAdvInterval 30;

    AdvManagedFlag on;      # M=1 → Address via DHCPv6
    AdvOtherConfigFlag on;  # O=1 → Additional options via DHCPv6

    # SLAAC is still possible for Android
    prefix realv6::/64 {
        AdvOnLink on;
        AdvAutonomous on;   # Allow SLAAC
    };

    RDNSS realv6::1 {
        AdvRDNSSLifetime 1800;
    };
    DNSSL home.lan {
        AdvDNSSLLifetime 1800;
    };
};

/etc/kea/kea-dhcp6.conf

{
  "Dhcp6": {
    "interfaces-config": {
      "interfaces": [ "br0" ]
    },

    "lease-database": {
      "type": "memfile",
      "persist": true,
      "lfc-interval": 86400,
      "name": "/var/lib/kea/dhcp6.leases"
    },

    "renew-timer": 21600,
    "rebind-timer": 43200,
    "preferred-lifetime": 43200,
    "valid-lifetime": 86400,

    "subnet6": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "subnet": "realv6::/64",
        "interface": "br0",
        "pools": [
          { "pool": "realv6::1000 - realv6::ffff" }
        ],
        "option-data": [
          { "name": "dns-servers",   "data": "realv6::1" },
          { "name": "domain-search", "data": "home.lan" }
        ]
      }
    ],

    "loggers": [
      {
        "name": "kea-dhcp6",
        "output-options": [
          { "output": "stdout" }
        ],
        "severity": "WARN"
      }
    ]
  }
}

And of course, iptables is necessary. Something like: /etc/iptables/ip6tables.rules

# Generated by ip6tables-save v1.6.0 on Thu Sep  8 13:29:11 2016
*nat
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
COMMIT

*filter
:INPUT DROP [0:0]
:FORWARD DROP [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
#BASE INPUT
-A INPUT -i eno1 -j DROP
-A OUTPUT -o eno1 -j DROP
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i br0 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p ipv6-icmp -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -i eno1 -j DROP
-A FORWARD -i br0 -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -p ipv6-icmp -j ACCEPT
COMMIT

If the seller doesn't have a WiFi bundle, then yes. If they do, you'll just need to pay extra.

I also recommend looking for a mini PC with Intel N100, N200, etc.

Just looking for "minipc pfsense"

if you have an uplink of 1 Gbit/s or less, you can easily solve the problem of ports by purchasing a switch for $3. By the way, there is a mini PC with 4/6/8 ports and even with optical fiber.

and in general, if topic starter build own server, he can just build a router out of it too. the set of programs is not very large: kea-dhcp, radvd, iptables. that's all. for WiFi, you will need a compatible card in the server or a separate access point like ubiquity.

I think 1 modifications fix this: User migration via Lemmy federation. When you can migrate from Instance to instance with old profile (comments, posts and all another) what instance you choice right now don't importand.

Without display? Ok. But wolf can stream xfce inside podman.

You need virtual dislay so that meat that you don't connect video card to TV. Maybe best choice - use wolf? No DE, no display. Just GPU and podman.

Well, if you're that sensitive, then fine. In fact, it's just a classic fear of public speaking. If you're uncomfortable expressing your opinion in front of a wide audience, why are you doing it? Not everyone likes you in the audience, yes, that's right. There is no tragedy in this. And this is not a reason to ban everyone. Just don't speak out publicly, gather an interest group and discuss some topics there. There are worse things in the world than voting against.

P.S. and you don't have to stress so much that this is not a criticism of me. because it doesn't matter. gather your will and just say what you want and let people do what they want with it. That's how it works. There is a moderators for everything else.

UPD: I'm Russian in general, and I can catch downvotes just for breathing. not very often, but still. Well, that's life.