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Is a reverse proxy necessary to access remote services when I already use a vpn? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by Rafa130397@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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Hey! Sorry for the repeating question, I have a very specific question though.

For context, I access my services using a vpn, and that's been great. However, I've been a lot of people mentioning reverse proxies. Are they necessary or more of a convenience thing? I ask because I don't see something that I cannot do with my current vpn setup.

Thanks!

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[–] europacafe@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

If you use your services for yourself or family, you don't need a reversed proxy, but to share some of your services to the public or your friends, you need a reversed proxy in order to let them use/remember your domain name without knowing your public ip given by your isp; for convenience and security reason.