Re:Ask HN: What do you self-host?
by tbyehl on Sunday October 13, 2019 @03:02PM
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> Actually was thinking of using Cloudflare Argo
I'd suggest that Argo is a waste of money if you have control of your router, you don't need to secure unencrypted HTTP traffic, and your ISP isn't port-blocking. Block all traffic except from CF's IPs, configure Authenticated Origin Pulls, and use SSL for your CF<->Origin traffic (your own cert or CF's).
If you don't meet all of those conditions, a cheap VPS as a VPN server is probably a better value (plus you get a VPS to do other stuff with).
I'd suggest that Argo is a waste of money if you have control of your router, you don't need to secure unencrypted HTTP traffic, and your ISP isn't port-blocking. Block all traffic except from CF's IPs, configure Authenticated Origin Pulls, and use SSL for your CF<->Origin traffic (your own cert or CF's).
If you don't meet all of those conditions, a cheap VPS as a VPN server is probably a better value (plus you get a VPS to do other stuff with).