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Why would one expose services when WireGuard exists? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Nocterminalist@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hi guys,

Just wanted to see why people would expose services either through a reverse proxy or normally, if technology like WireGuard and OpenVPN exist?

Convenience would probably be the top answer, but is it really worth the risk?

Thanks

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[–] ProbablePenguin@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This is what I like about plex. No need to open any ports.

You get super limited quality though since it proxies through their servers.

Plex also uses UPnP to automatically open ports on your router, so unless you've disabled that service on your router it's likely you do have ports open.