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Discussion on: Expose your local 💻 web server to the world 🌐

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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

Just a note: Before you expose any server to the web, check the terms of your ISP's service contract! Some ISPs strictly forbid running public servers on certain plans, and can choose to disconnect your service if you violate those terms.

Spectrum is one such example. While I have no complaints about their service — best I've ever seen on all fronts, actually — I do have to pay a little more for Business Internet to be allowed to run a public server. The terms of Residential service just does not permit it.

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Joris Griffioen

With these tools you're creating an SSH tunnel and serving to the outside world from their host. How would your ISP even know?

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Giorgos Kontopoulos 👀

@codemouse92 thanks for your comment, I was not aware this term might be in existence from ISP's side but I was also made aware from another comment earlier thanks for pointing out.