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What's the real danger of opening ports? (feddit.it)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Some services run really good behind a reverse proxy on 443, but some others can really become an hassle.. And sometimes just opening other ports would be easier than to try configuring everything to work through 443.

An example that comes to my mind is SSH, yeah you can use SSLH to forward requests coming from 443 to 22, but it's so much easier to just leave 22 open..

Now, for SSH, if you have certificate authentication or a strong password, I think you can feel quite safe, but what about other random ports? What risks I'm exposing my server to if I open some of them when needed for a service? Is the effort of trying to pass everything through 443/80 worth it?

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago

Is your container isolated from your internal network?

If I were to compromise your container, I'd immediately pivot to other systems on your private network.

Why do the difficult thing of breaking out of a container when there's a good chance I can use the credentials I got breaking in to your container to access other systems on your network?

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