Don't Sell Space on Your Home Server!
2025-04-13
A tech worker from a medium-sized hosting company details the perils of turning your home server into a makeshift cloud service. The article highlights the need for additional hardware, faster internet, public IPs, a secure location, legal protection, and robust billing systems. It also stresses the challenges of handling customer support, data backups, security vulnerabilities, and compliance with regulations like GDPR and CCPA, along with mitigating risks like DDoS attacks and data breaches. Instead of risking legal and financial repercussions, the author suggests using excess computing power for personal needs, sharing with friends, or donating cycles to research projects.