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I aked a company for API access and they asked for IPs to whitelist (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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How do I find out what IPs to give, my IP doesnt stay the same? The local IP is hardly the one they want, it wouldnt make sense I think.

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[–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

I dont have the knowledge or equipment for this. It would be my goal but I am anxious about exposing my home network and need to wrap my head around my options.

YAML has me in a heap as it is so that is definitely out of range

Why would I be a target for ddos?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Having a static IP is not the same as exposing your local network to the internet. It also does not automatically make you a target for DDoS attacks.

    If you don't have public facing web services, its incredibly unlikely that anyone is going to DDoS you. That would be a total waste of time and resources.

    Every modem connected to the internet (WAN) has an IP address. Most of then are dynamically assigned by your ISP and can change occasionally.

    Static IP's are also assigned by your ISP but are assigned to your account/modem and do not change.

    If the API you're trying to connect to absolutely requires a static IP, you can ask your ISP for one. If they offer them -- some ISP's don't for residential accounts -- they'll probably charge you a small monthly fee. Mine is $10/ month.

    If you get a static IP, you will need to know how to configure it in your router. Its not super complicated and can be done with a little bit of research.

    If you can get the API provider to forgo the static IP requirement and you aren't self hosting any public facing services, then you don't need a static IP and it would be a waste of money more than anything.

    Side note: you should definitely not expose anything on your local network to the WAN unless you absolutely know what you're doing.

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