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[SOLVED] Can I host my own Lemmy instance on localhost? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Would it be possible for me to make comments to other instances etc?

Solved: I can't, it would only work with a public domain.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why not HTTP :c

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Data send via HTTP is not encrypted. That's bad.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I want it encrypted but I don't want to ask a 3rd party to get a certificate.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Letsencrypt provides free certificates. It's very easy to get one from them.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If they're easy to get, why have them 😑

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I'm not sure I understand the question. They are used to encrypt traffic and prove that the entity hosting the site hasn't changed by using a digital signature. These two together make it so third parties can't read the traffic coming through. This is a requirement for modern internet. Otherwise your passwords wouldn't be a secret because literally anyone would see them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because then you can encrypt your traffic with HTTPS 🙃

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago

This is madness 🤯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

If they're easy to get, why not have them 😉

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Plain HTTP should be considered obsolete. Also it makes impersonating websites harder (but not impossible)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Additionally, HTTPS if very easy to set up nowadays and the certificates are free^1^.

^1^: Assuming you have a public domain name, but for ActivityPub that's already a requirement due to the push nature of the protocol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You can get Let's Encrypt certificates for DuckDNS, so you don't even need to own anything.