Post #3395879
2026-06-11 09:53 UTC
First of all I would suggest getting your own domain. There's many TLDs and ccTLDs that will let you get a domain for $10/year or much less.
If you don't want to pay then at least get a subdomain from somewhere reliable. Preferably a DNS service because you also get DNS management this way. My recommendation is [DeSEC](https://desec.io/) because it's a German, privacy-oriented non-profit and it has a modern interface and modern features like an API, security tokens, support for recent record types, DNSSEC etc. And if you later decide to get a paid domain you can keep using DeSEC for it very easily.
Secondly, does your fediverse single-user server really need to be exposed to the internet to get updates? Can't it pull them from other servers? That way you would reduce your risk a lot.
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@ICastFist@programming.dev 2026-06-11 12:00
> First of all I would suggest getting your own domain. Isn't this what I just did? `mydomain.eu.cc` Even if I can't get it to renew for free next year, the experience of setting stuff up should be worth it. > really need to be exposed to the internet to get updates? From my limited understanding of APub, it needs to be exposed/findable in order to send updates and for my `user@server` to show up. I'll be reading https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#server-to-server-interactions to know better > Can’t it pull them from other servers? Tunnel through an existing server? Or what, exactly? Wouldn't connecting through an existing fedi server also enforce its blocklist down to me?