Re:Ask HN: How do you securely self-host a server?
by warrenm on Thursday March 10, 2022 @09:03AM
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I've been at this for a quarter century, give or take...and have never seen the term "data diode" before
Yet I knew what you meant before I finished reading your post
Re:Ask HN: How do you securely self-host a server?
by tomcam on Saturday March 12, 2022 @03:19AM
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Same
In this case, you manage the outside server, hardening it as best you can, and set up monitoring of bandwidth use, etc. through a network switch, etc.
The data diode will only pass data in your preferred direction, and can't leak it in the reverse direction.
In the case of inbound data only, you are protected against any data egress.
In the case of output data only, you are protected against ingress of control. You still have to watch for exploits pushing data out through the diode, but you can be sure any hack won't have been sourced from the internet.