hosting open multimedia library safely (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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i have a collection of media i want to share on a request basis, i.e give specific people access to the full collection on request, but i've never hosted any service open to the wider net, so i'm quite wary of any potential risks, mainly getting a letter from my isp for uncommon data usage or opening my network to any security risks, as i share it with other people and don't want them to get affected in any way.

i'm aware the best choice for anyone overtly worried with security would be to upload it all to a cloud service, but due to my currency's exchange rate to the dollar most services are unfortunately out of my budget.

creating a site for it would be a good option, but some of the items in the collection could cause copyright issues that could get the site taken down if reported.

any help/ideas are greatly appreciated, as i'm kinda out of them at the moment

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[-] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 1 points 1 year ago

If pre-built media server solutions doesn’t work for your use case, then you’d need to create a custom site.

For the most part, ISPs tends to care more about:

Covering their butt legally — if they don’t know you’re engaging in anything like piracy, then it’s not really their concern; and
Ensuring their network stability — if you’re within your contractual usage limits and not using disproportionate amount of traffic causing other customers problem, then your network security is your problem.

As such, as long as the intended sharing audience are limited to only people you trust, and you put the content behind authentication w/ encryption (I.E. https), no one other than the intended recipient would know what you’re sending over the wire. That is as long as none of your users leak their credentials/report you for the content you’re sharing… which, a media server solution wouldn’t protect you from either.

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