<2022-09-25T13:12:48.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: You know that block notification policy I told you how to setup earlier?
<2022-09-25T13:13:22.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: apparently that has an exploit that people can use to DOS attack your instance
<2022-09-25T13:13:40.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I would recommend deactivating it tbh
<2022-09-25T13:14:43.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: a former admin of FSE sperged out over mine last night and abused said exploit and we were hit with like 1500 pings in the span of 20 minutes...
<2022-09-25T13:14:54.000Z> chudbere: oh goodness, can you remind me which one that was? I have changed so much about the backend of the instance in the last few days
<2022-09-25T13:15:17.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: MRF > BlockNotificationPolicy
<2022-09-25T13:15:25.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: if you just remove that it'll be fine 
<2022-09-25T13:16:32.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I don't agree with p's methods (which is apparently abusing the exploit on purpose to spam the fuck out of anyone who has it active that he notices) but it's probably wise not to use it
<2022-09-25T13:17:12.000Z> chudbere: ok just checked and it looks like i never put that change into the MRF
<2022-09-25T13:17:40.000Z> chudbere: these are the only ones listed
<2022-09-25T13:18:31.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Then you should be good, just making sure you don't have it on because if you do and @p @freespeechextremist.com notices it he will abuse the fuck out of it to DOS your instance 
<2022-09-25T13:18:49.000Z> chudbere: okay, thank you for the heads up
<2022-09-25T13:23:36.000Z> chudbere: sorry that happened to you :(
<2022-11-14T00:14:49.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: If you're looking for a Minecraft host I'd have to recommend https://bloom.host 
<2022-11-14T00:15:08.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I used to run my own server with them, they have good customer service 
<2022-11-14T00:15:19.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: a really good panel (for Minecraft hosting)
<2022-11-14T00:15:30.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: and good customer service
<2022-11-14T00:16:24.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: It's up to you though obviously, I got out of the Minecraft server hosting game after about 1.5 years
<2022-11-14T00:16:44.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: was trying to grow my small community but it's hard to do so solo
<2022-11-14T00:17:04.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: and eventually there was barely anyone playing 
<2022-11-14T00:17:14.000Z> chudbere: thank you for the recommendation!
<2022-11-14T00:17:27.000Z> chudbere: of course you would be welcome to join once i eventually get it up and running
<2022-11-14T00:18:48.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Bloom is actually partnered with cloudflare btw lol
<2022-11-14T00:19:04.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: All their US hosting is behind CF magic transit
<2022-11-14T00:19:20.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: It's an insane level of DDoS mitigation
<2022-11-14T00:20:07.000Z> chudbere: are we going to have to worry about content on the server?
<2022-11-14T00:20:20.000Z> chudbere: you know people are gonna build swastika bases and shit
<2022-11-14T00:20:35.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I'm pretty sure as long as you don't tell bloom they don't care
<2022-11-14T00:21:15.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: its not like they're going to monitor you for naughty words (although idk if anything has changed since I was using them)
<2022-11-14T00:21:51.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Just make sure not to invite people from their discord onto the server because they're pretty much all Minecraft server admins 
<2022-11-14T00:21:59.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: And they might snitch
<2022-11-14T00:22:27.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: (probably best to just whitelist the server)
<2022-11-14T00:22:43.000Z> chudbere: what's that mean?
<2022-11-14T00:22:53.000Z> chudbere: just allow only approved users to joing?
<2022-11-14T00:23:03.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Whitelisting means that only Minecraft usernames you specify can join
<2022-11-14T00:23:10.000Z> chudbere: okay got it
<2022-11-14T00:23:19.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: So you can just ask for the chudbuds username 
<2022-11-14T00:23:22.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: and add them
<2022-11-14T00:25:17.000Z> chudbere: perfect
<2022-11-14T00:26:08.000Z> chudbere: which one of their plans would you recommend
<2022-11-14T00:26:44.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Ah, maybe it wouldn't be a good idea after all :/ 
<2022-11-14T00:26:53.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: found this in their Tos
<2022-11-14T00:27:16.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Although I'm pretty sure they don't actively scan for that stuff
<2022-11-14T00:27:20.000Z> chudbere: hmm
<2022-11-14T00:27:33.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: probably better to just self host I guess
<2022-11-14T00:27:57.000Z> chudbere: oh like on a local machine in my home?
<2022-11-14T00:28:04.000Z> chudbere: I don't have a box I could dedicate to that
<2022-11-14T00:28:16.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Nah like on a VPS or something 
<2022-11-14T00:28:20.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: :/
<2022-11-14T00:28:20.000Z> chudbere: I'd prefer to just go through someone else with VPS
<2022-11-14T00:28:22.000Z> chudbere: okay
<2022-11-14T00:28:29.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: or another host
<2022-11-14T00:28:32.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: i guess
<2022-11-14T00:30:06.000Z> chudbere: what bloom plan would you recommend
<2022-11-14T00:30:13.000Z> chudbere: so i can look for something along the same lines
<2022-11-14T00:30:22.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: How many active players are we talking?
<2022-11-14T00:30:43.000Z> chudbere: i'd like to split into two servers probably 
<2022-11-14T00:30:47.000Z> chudbere: one for my family
<2022-11-14T00:30:52.000Z> chudbere: one for chudbuds and friends
<2022-11-14T00:31:06.000Z> chudbere: at least a dozen people have expressed interest on the post
<2022-11-14T00:31:28.000Z> chudbere: so 3-5 active players on the family server
<2022-11-14T00:31:38.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I would say with about 5-10 you could get away with their 4GB plan perhaps, their 8GB plan would be probably good for around 20+
<2022-11-14T00:31:45.000Z> chudbere: okay
<2022-11-14T00:31:47.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: It's been a while though 
<2022-11-14T00:31:52.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: since I hosted
<2022-11-14T00:32:38.000Z> chudbere: how much storage?
<2022-11-14T00:32:50.000Z> chudbere: 8GB plan comes with 150GB nvme
<2022-11-14T00:33:27.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: https://onlinemo.de/world
<2022-11-14T00:33:37.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Depends on how big you generate 
<2022-11-14T00:33:43.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I linked you a calculator
<2022-11-14T00:33:53.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Should help you estimate
<2022-11-14T00:35:05.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: 150 GB should be plenty of space tho 
<2022-11-14T00:35:40.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: If you're making a server I would look to pregenerate the overworld before opening 
<2022-11-14T00:35:52.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: it helps performance 
<2022-11-14T00:36:09.000Z> chudbere: okay
<2022-11-14T00:36:11.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: because if chunks are generated early it's less load on the server 
<2022-11-14T00:36:17.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: when people explore
<2022-11-14T00:37:00.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: https://www.spigotmc.org/resources/chunky.81534/
<2022-11-14T00:37:08.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: this is a good plugin for doing that 
<2022-11-14T00:39:02.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Oh btw I have access to some paid plugins from when I was actually running a server, so if you want copies of them I could send them over :p
<2022-11-14T00:39:34.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Technically I'm not supposed to do that but server admins share paid plugins a lot
<2022-11-14T00:40:38.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Also paid plugins aren't supposed to be a thing technically either because spigot's license but that's another argument 
<2022-11-14T00:41:24.000Z> chudbere: this is all new to me
<2022-11-14T00:41:30.000Z> chudbere: i've never even played java edition before
<2022-11-14T00:41:35.000Z> chudbere: just what's on our xbox
<2022-11-14T00:42:07.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Oh, I see lol
<2022-11-14T00:42:25.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Yeah bedrock is a lot different from Java
<2022-11-14T00:42:45.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: with Java you can install server plugins and client side mods, loads of customization
<2022-11-14T00:47:24.000Z> chudbere: well, if I get this set up would you want to help admin it?
<2022-11-14T00:47:37.000Z> chudbere: its okay if you don't but i'd love to have your expertise
<2022-11-14T00:49:22.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I can help with setup and stuff perhaps, but I don't really play MC that often anymore :/
<2022-11-14T00:51:03.000Z> chudbere: okay :)
<2022-11-14T00:51:56.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I am quite familiar with bloom's panel too so I could login and do admin stuff and get schedules setup for automated server restarts and backups and stuff
<2022-11-14T00:52:06.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: not saying you need to go with them tho
<2022-11-14T00:52:17.000Z> chudbere: I am considering whether to just go ahead and risk it
<2022-11-14T00:53:46.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: well, one thing you can do with Bloom's 8GB plan is something called server splitting, so you can basically split the main server into two servers (allocating resources how you see fit)
<2022-11-14T00:53:59.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: basically 2 servers in one plan
<2022-11-14T00:54:50.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: so you could maybe do 3GB for your family server and 5GB for the chudbuds one
<2022-11-14T00:54:57.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: or however you want to set it up
<2022-11-14T00:55:01.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: it's sorta cool
<2022-11-14T00:56:48.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Are you on minecraft bedrock only btw?
<2022-11-14T00:57:04.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: because these plans are basically for Java Edition
<2022-11-14T00:57:27.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: which would mean you'd need to get a java account to use it (or install something called GeyserMC)
<2022-11-14T00:57:36.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: but using Geyser is sorta complicated
<2022-11-14T00:58:40.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: https://geysermc.org/
<2022-11-14T00:59:15.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: it's sorta weird but it makes it so you can connect to a server running Geyser with a bedrock account
<2022-11-14T00:59:30.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: but the server needs Geyser + Floodgate
<2022-11-14T00:59:40.000Z> chudbere: I'd need to buy java edition for my pc
<2022-11-14T00:59:44.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: and you need to do some weird DNS trickery
<2022-11-14T00:59:50.000Z> chudbere: my husband just got java edition a couple weeks ago on his pc
<2022-11-14T00:59:51.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: for connectinng
<2022-11-14T00:59:57.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: aight cool
<2022-11-14T01:00:01.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: just wondering lol
<2022-11-14T01:03:01.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: anyhow, I think you'd be fine with Bloom honestly (as long as they are not made aware somehow of questionable content on your server)
<2022-11-14T01:03:21.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I don't believe they monitor people's chats or anything
<2022-11-14T01:04:29.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: and if you get the whitelist setup you won't have randoms joining your server
<2022-11-14T01:04:55.000Z> chudbere: yeah i'm going to go with them
<2022-11-14T01:05:01.000Z> chudbere: and i'm going to buy it now
<2022-11-14T01:05:11.000Z> chudbere: cause someone just donated to chudbuds tonight
<2022-11-14T01:05:24.000Z> chudbere: enough to cover the cost of me getting java edition and the first month of the server rental
<2022-11-14T01:06:05.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: 👀 I see
<2022-11-14T01:06:54.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: on their panel they have a users thing, if you setup a sub-user for me
<2022-11-14T01:06:59.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I can login and help remotely
<2022-11-14T01:07:08.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: you can even setup permissions
<2022-11-14T01:07:58.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I think it'll ask for an email
<2022-11-14T01:08:00.000Z> chudbere: okay, should I buy and install java edition first?
<2022-11-14T01:08:02.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: for the sub-user
<2022-11-14T01:08:11.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: you can use kronusdev@protonmail.com
<2022-11-14T01:08:12.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: for me
<2022-11-14T01:08:29.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: uh, well if you want to get JE first then yeah
<2022-11-14T01:08:30.000Z> chudbere: okay
<2022-11-14T01:08:38.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: it's not required for me to start setup tho
<2022-11-14T01:08:50.000Z> chudbere: okay let me sign up for the hosting now then
<2022-11-14T01:10:19.000Z> chudbere: should i pick the location closest to me, Dallas?
<2022-11-14T01:10:35.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: yeah, that will have the least latency for you
<2022-11-14T01:10:54.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I used their Dallas location before and I had like 40ms latency
<2022-11-14T01:10:58.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: to their servere
<2022-11-14T01:11:01.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: pretty good
<2022-11-14T01:13:03.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: they have a discord for customer service you might want to join sometime, you don't need to say anything in there but they post announcements and if the service is experiencing issues
<2022-11-14T01:13:20.000Z> chudbere: i might
<2022-11-14T01:13:22.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: optional though, they post stuff like maintenance in the panel 
<2022-11-14T01:13:28.000Z> chudbere: i don't use discord anymore unless i really need to
<2022-11-14T01:13:31.000Z> chudbere: ok
<2022-11-14T01:14:10.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: yeah I get you, I just found it useful because in the event that they had a service disruption they'll notify everyone
<2022-11-14T01:14:20.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: not that common now though
<2022-11-14T01:14:23.000Z> chudbere: what server type do i want
<2022-11-14T01:14:29.000Z> chudbere: it says to pick paper if unsure
<2022-11-14T01:14:36.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: paper is good
<2022-11-14T01:14:41.000Z> chudbere: ok
<2022-11-14T01:14:48.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: it's a more optimized server than vanilla
<2022-11-14T01:14:57.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: should be fine for your purposes
<2022-11-14T01:17:03.000Z> chudbere: ok
<2022-11-14T01:19:04.000Z> chudbere: purchased
<2022-11-14T01:19:07.000Z> chudbere: let me add you
<2022-11-14T01:21:52.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: cool beans
<2022-11-14T01:22:00.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I joined your matrix if that's easier
<2022-11-14T03:11:48.000Z> chudbere: i still can't connect on the subdomain
<2022-11-14T03:28:41.000Z> chudbere: any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?
<2022-11-14T03:33:31.000Z> chudbere: nvm i may have figured it out
<2022-11-14T03:39:53.000Z> chudbere: nope lol
<2022-11-14T03:39:57.000Z> chudbere: i don't fuckin know lol
<2022-11-14T05:04:40.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Sorry, was busy. I'm not entirely sure tbh :/ 
<2022-11-14T05:05:05.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I mean if you set up the reverse proxy like it said in the guide and then set it up on the panel it should work :/
<2022-11-14T05:19:16.000Z> chudbere: Yeah idk. I found an article on namecheap about setting A record and SRV records as well so I did that
<2022-11-14T05:19:32.000Z> chudbere: Will have to futz with it more tomorrow 
<2022-11-14T05:19:51.000Z> chudbere: Baby started losing her mind so I'm stuck on the couch now with her
<2022-11-14T05:24:30.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Aww, hope they're feeling better 
<2022-11-14T05:25:57.000Z> chudbere: She turd
<2023-02-06T22:47:09.000Z> chudbere: You should know that book/eris just made an alt on your instance
<2023-02-06T22:47:20.000Z> chudbere: I've already defederated the alt
<2023-02-06T22:47:58.000Z> chudbere: Because a couple weeks ago he doxed me, threatened to swat me repeatedly and burn our property down
<2023-02-06T22:49:20.000Z> chudbere: Not telling you this because I'm expecting you to ban him or anything, that's your business. But I wanted you to know what was going on and why I defederated the new alt
<2023-02-06T23:04:40.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Oh... sorry to hear about that 😅 
<2023-02-06T23:04:59.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I don't really follow all this drama stuff, its fine that you defedded their alt
<2023-02-06T23:05:16.000Z> chudbere: No worries just wanted to let you know
<2023-02-06T23:06:09.000Z> chudbere: I don't know his history but I've heard he has done this before to other people, he also goes by Eris
<2023-02-06T23:06:29.000Z> chudbere: Not the same as the trans Eris on disqordia.space 
<2023-02-06T23:13:44.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Yeah idk much about their past either. If they end up doing illegal shit on this account I'll give them the boot
<2023-02-06T23:14:05.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: They have alts on other instances anyways
<2023-02-06T23:16:50.000Z> chudbere: Yeah they collect alts
<2023-02-06T23:32:36.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I have had quite a few people reach out to me about them already, I will probably just let them go if they get out of hand
<2023-02-06T23:37:34.000Z> chudbere: gotcha
<2023-02-06T23:40:59.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Actually I'll probably iust do it now
<2023-02-06T23:41:15.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I mean they'll probably end up starting shit again anyways
<2023-02-06T23:41:58.000Z> chudbere: I usually believe in giving people chances but this guy is pretty scary i gotta say
<2023-02-06T23:47:50.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Yeah I don't really follow the drama shit too closely but I have heard of him doing shit repeatedly that I would rather not deal isth
<2023-02-06T23:48:03.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: with*
<2023-02-06T23:52:33.000Z> chudbere: probably a good choice
<2023-02-06T23:59:36.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Yeah just hope they don't go crazy against me for it lol
<2023-02-06T23:59:42.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: idk what their issue is
<2023-02-07T02:30:17.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Hey uh... I'm sorry but I riled them up more it looks like (idk why) and now book thinks you and me are in a janny cabal to silence them or some sjit
<2023-02-07T02:30:33.000Z> chudbere: he's a schizo
<2023-02-07T02:30:35.000Z> chudbere: don't be sorry
<2023-02-07T02:30:50.000Z> chudbere: I'm archiving all the threats from FSE so they can't delete
<2023-02-07T02:31:21.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I guess I am on the kill list now too 😬
<2023-02-07T02:32:02.000Z> chudbere: i'd stop talking to him, he can't be reasoned with
<2023-02-07T02:32:11.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I just wanted them to go find another instance, but he's seething so much atm
<2023-02-07T02:32:46.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: And yeah I have stopped talking to him, if he tries to message me further I will iust block them
<2023-02-07T02:34:30.000Z> chudbere: oh he might find himself in a world of problems for this stuff
<2023-02-07T02:34:36.000Z> chudbere: I've been archiving all his threats for weeks
<2023-02-07T02:35:24.000Z> chudbere: all this is going to go in a neat little email to the sheriff's department who was investigating my swatting back in September
<2023-02-07T02:53:16.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I guess I should check to see if my opsec is good just in case...
<2023-02-07T02:53:39.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I don't really know how he would get my doxx though because I don't use social media
<2023-02-07T02:54:08.000Z> chudbere: do a good check
<2023-02-07T02:54:15.000Z> chudbere: anywhere you have used this username
<2023-02-07T03:05:24.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Yeah I will
<2023-02-07T03:10:47.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: lol lmao even
<2023-02-07T03:10:57.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: first result for kroner in Google
<2023-02-07T03:11:41.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I don't think I use this username anywhere else except maybe Steam and Discord
<2023-02-07T03:11:48.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: and those are private
<2023-02-07T04:33:41.000Z> chudbere: good
<2023-02-28T22:34:17.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Hey, uh I heard from Sui that you installed fail2ban on your server  to protect against bruteforcing
<2023-02-28T22:34:27.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: would you mind letting me know what you did with the config for that?
<2023-02-28T22:34:42.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I installed it on my own server too but idk what I should configure for it
<2023-02-28T23:26:58.000Z> chudbere: i'm honestly not sure if I have it configured 100% correctly tbh
<2023-02-28T23:27:25.000Z> chudbere: did you copy jail.conf to jail.local and enable the protocols you want it to protect?
<2023-02-28T23:49:07.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Not yet no :/
<2023-02-28T23:49:21.000Z> chudbere: one sec
<2023-02-28T23:49:32.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I was just wondering if you did anything special to protect against password bruteforcing
<2023-02-28T23:49:47.000Z> chudbere: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-ssh-with-fail2ban-on-ubuntu-20-04
<2023-02-28T23:50:56.000Z> chudbere: i have ours set to 3 wrong attempts in a 10 minute span gets you locked out for 30 minutes
<2023-02-28T23:51:54.000Z> chudbere: make sure you enable it for httpd
<2023-02-28T23:51:57.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Cool
<2023-02-28T23:52:09.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: Thanks! Gottq love DO tutorials
<2023-02-28T23:52:16.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: they lay it out in a nice way
<2023-02-28T23:52:22.000Z> chudbere: like i said, i am not sure if ours is working properly
<2023-02-28T23:52:35.000Z> chudbere: i may need to change the path to the nginx error log in the jail.local file
<2023-02-28T23:52:51.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I am not too too worried, but its just nice to have f2b setup
<2023-02-28T23:53:22.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: I might have accidentally riled up meticore/book again :/
<2023-02-28T23:53:47.000Z> kroner@seal.cafe: went ahead and just hid sneed.social on my account tho. Nothing but clowns on there tbh
<2023-03-01T00:13:55.000Z> chudbere: yeah it is
