Put the instance behind another authentication point like a VPN or reverse proxy with SSO. That will prevent the wider Internet from accessing it without legitimate users being cut off. You should be doing this with any server you operate, but definitely one that may have legal implications.
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kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Huh, I can’t check the link right now… But if exposing Jellyfin to the Internet is not an option, then it is not ready to be shipped as the Plex replacement I have heard a lot here and on Reddit.
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
aaaand now you smart tv can’t connect. none of them. the clients dont even support http basic auth creds put into the URL for some crazy reason.
for advanced HTTP-level authentication you would need to run a reverse proxy on the TV’s network that would add the authentication info. for the VPN idea you would need to tunnel the TV’s network’s internet connection at the router. or set up a gateway address in the TVs network settings that would do that. or use a reverse proxy here too so that it repeats the request to the real server.
but honestly, this is the real and only secure way anyway. I wouldn’t be comfortable to expose jellyfin even if the devs are real experts. I mean vulns get discovered, in dotnet, jellyfin dependencies, linux filesystem, and reverse proxy, and honestly who has time to always tightly keep up to date with all that.
that’s not to discount the seriousness of the issue though, it’s a real shame that jellyfin is so much against security
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Your smart TV is (presumably) on your local network, so you should be routing the requests locally, not through the VPN/ tunnel.
ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Your smart TV is (presumably) on your local network
often, but not always. sometimes the TV is at a different house, when you are a guest or at a second property
kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I am sorry, I don’t think I follow, I am CGNATED anyway, so I need to use VPNs to access my server (if IPv6 is not available, for IPv4 I am experimenting with Tailscale funnels as of now).
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
You should already be fine in that case.
Chastity2323@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Do we even know that Plex is better? It’s closed source and hasn’t been audited afaik
kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
It is if you have compared them together.
I haven’t recently thought and I am a lifetime Plex pass user (we will see what lifetime truly means sooner or later) and I have still been unaffected by most of the changes Plex has done (watch together is the 1st valuable feature that I have lost), so if you can’t expose Jellyfin then it is not better than Plex for me.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Agreed. I’m a bit disappointed that it’s being touted as such. If you need a local LAN option, use VLC Player.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 weeks ago
The linked post is from 2021. Many of the items were already closed. This looks like fear mongering.