Gastbeitrag: Transparenter Reverse-Proxy mit rathole

https://technikkultur-erfurt.de/2026/05/03/gastbeitrag-transparenter-reverse-proxy-mit-rathole/

Currently trying to move my 'transparent SSL-pass-through VPS' setup from pure nginx (which never worked right with the certificates) to using #rathole https://github.com/rathole-org for a few-ports-only forwarding tunnel between the VPS and my home server.

I would be much more confident with this setup than letting a wireguard tunnel access my whole home network and then trying to close that gap again with firewall rules.

A random #gaming #console post:

I am a recent convert to a modded #SNES (thank you fellow #veteran and retro gaming community member) passed along to me, and been playing the hell out of the games that he passed along for "offsite #backup /#archival storage". I started looking for other ROMs for other games that I have, found some ROM packs, imported into #Hakchi2. Now I have a ton of ROMs but soooo many duplicates. I looked though the options/capabilities within Hakchi2 but I'm not seeing anything for detecting & purging #duplicates detect which ones do or do not have art, and other characteristics to help filter duplicates.

Am I missing something, or is this a manual process for cultivating your ROMs? Seems my limited understanding & experience with ROM sets created the mess I am trying to get my head wrapped around. As a casual gamer, I was looking to explore the different games that I never got to experience in the heyday; not sure what pre-made sets would be of benefit TBH.

So OMG down the #rathole I went - found the dat-o-matic and am getting the DAT file imported into #ROMcenter... I found a couple of decent vids on youtube that has me on a hopefully good path on getting these sorted, along with using universal ROM Cleaner as well as #ROMcenter. But I ended up spending all my time last night working on this rather than applying for jobs. 🤦‍♂️

Also that 1TB SSD in the laptop's data drive is now almost full with #ROMs & #ROM packs, so I have to get things filtered and deleted out.

Anyone else wrangled this challenge to success?
#retroGaming #casualGamer #retro
#WallOfRetro
#retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot

WASHINGTON DC IS A RATHOLE. That’s right, a BIG, DIRTY RATHOLE — and everyone is talking about it. So many rats, HUGE rats, the biggest rats you’ve ever seen. Some are even saying there’s ONE VERY BIG RAT. Nobody’s ever seen a rat like this — incredible size, very orange. Believe me!

The media won’t tell you — they’re too busy taking selfies with the vermin — but the American people can SMELL THE RAT.

SAD!!!

#DCTakeover #Rathole

welp, this sucks. 'rathole', my less-dodgy-than-'frp' reverse proxy program is abandonware, and it's got a highly problematic bug in it that's biting me.

I'm really not enthused about going back to 'frp', the smell of lurking bugs and security holes is strong with that project.

#frp #rathole

I've been playing around with #Rathole (horrible name) for the last day or so, tunneling from a public domain on a Digital Ocean instance to a server in my home, and it's working out great. It's a fantastic open source alternative to ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel.

https://github.com/rapiz1/rathole

#fascists use #fearmongering to amplify their #usvsthem mindset, which puts them down the #rathole:

https://newsie.social/@blackburied/113176623617058701

Maybe the solution is to accentuate what’s going well? It won’t be as sensational as the fear-mongering #echochambers in social media.

Folks not wanting to fall down the rathole should prolly focus on positive events to insulate themselves from division.

They said humans are too smart to react like “too many rats in a cage”, so we need to think if solutions.

Good Afternoon #Fediverse!

Today I bring more updates on my journey to simplify my homelab and public service deployment!

I made a script that automates setting up #rathole and a new #caddy subdomain!

Read about it here:
https://musselman.dev/posts/further-simplifying-blog-and-service-deployment/

#blog
#forgejo
#hugo
#automation
#HomeLab
#web
#webdev
#foss
#linux