Collection of potential security issues in Jellyfin This is a non exhaustive list of potential security issues found in Jellyfin. Some of these might cause controversy. Some of these are design fla…
Collection of potential security issues in Jellyfin This is a non exhaustive list of potential security issues found in Jellyfin. Some of these might cause controversy. Some of these are design fla…
Who has the technical wherewithal to run Jellyfin but leaves access on the open web? I get that sharing is part of the point, but no one’s putting their media collection on an open FTP server.
The level of convenience people expect without consequences is astounding. Going to be away for home for a few days? Load stuff onto an external SSD or SD card. Phoning home remotely makes no sense.
Friends, family using Jellyfin is the reason many have it directly available (and not behind VPN for example).
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They jacked their prices, or are about to anyway. If you don’t have a lifetime Plex pass then Plex might not be a viable option. My seedbox provider has been pushing people to Jellyfin for anyone without a Plex pass.
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I thought I had a lifetime Plex pass, but turns out I was on yearly and the price went up $20/year, so I bought lifetime before the price went up. My whole family uses Plex, I couldn’t handle setting up Jellyfin for everyone and their devices.
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Doesn’t have a sync play feature like Jellyfin does
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thanks but no. I like my privacy more
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I’m not exposing jellyfin, but for sure I wouldn’t let my plex server even see the internet (I bet iy wouldn’t even work that way).
jellyfin is perfectly accessible everywhere it needs to be. been using a VPN on my phone for ages for all traffic.
You would be very wrong about that. You can even search open FTP servers using Google
http://palined.com/search/
OK. I’ll revise. No one with any sense is doing this. “Hi, RIAA and MPAA, come after me” is an asinine approach. I realize we have at least one generation unfamiliar with Napster, KaZaa and LimeWire, which replaced ratio FTP servers (which in turn replaced F-Servs in IRC). This is terrible online hygiene. You don’t leave your media out there for all to see. At least password protect access before linking to your friends.
The typical guides for installing Jellyfin and friends, stop at the point where you can access the service, expecting you to secure it further.
Turns out, the default configuration for many (most) routers, is to allow external access to anything a local service will request it to allow, expecting you to secure it further.
Leaving it like that, is an explosive combo, which many users never intended to set up, but have nonetheless.