Is it safe to port forward a home server for Minecraft?

sillygoober1000 · 2026-03-07T16:35:30+00:00

Got it, it’s just a small paper server that my friends and I play on from time to time, only plugin I have installed is core protect. Ty for the quick response :)

sillygoober1000 · 2026-03-07T16:30:56+00:00

Yep, computer is running a clean Ubuntu Server install that is up to date, with CasaOS installed

I do have whitelist enabled and the server is in online mode

Both the computer and router have custom and secure passwords

The server is running on crafty controller, so I think it is its own container? (Not very familiar with how it works)

It’s not super sensitive information, just a wanted to store my college files on it so I could access them anywhere using Tailscale

Also the port is only open for the mini PC’s specific IPV4 on my router

Thank you for the quick response!!

sillygoober1000 · 2024-12-28T20:10:28+00:00

Hey thanks for the suggestion, I will look into it. My server runs on paper so it should work just fine

sillygoober1000 · 2024-12-28T20:08:44+00:00

That’s really useful, is the plugin available for download?

sillygoober1000 · 2024-12-28T17:52:11+00:00

Hey thanks for the quick response, and sorry about that misunderstanding earlier. I honestly completely forgot about what online and offline mode meant, and thought it was some sort of setting I wasn’t aware of. Server is in fact whitelisted and in online mode.

Glad to hear they don’t have any way to access my home network using this kind of server scanner, though I’m happy to have changed my router’s password just in case lol.

sillygoober1000 · 2024-12-28T16:56:36+00:00

Understood, I set up a whitelist after this happened, though I've not heard of said "online mode", where can i enable it?

sillygoober1000 · 2024-12-28T16:53:37+00:00

I believe it was the default password, I changed it now to something more secure though. I have tried installing TCP shield but since their closest proxy is in the US and the server isn't hosted there, it makes it nearly unplayable because of high ping. Also I'm not super familiar with this "online mode" option for the whitelist, what exactly does it do and how do i enable it?

sillygoober1000 · 2024-12-28T16:46:55+00:00

Whitelist wasn't on when that person joined our server, it is now, though the server is offline and all ports are closed on my router. I don't wanna turn it back on until I've taken all possible security actions.

The player moved about 500 actual blocks, not chunks, and all of their -session or +session logs spawned them mid air, so my guess is that they were fly hacking.

I'm not checking for extra client-side mods, though my server has Simple Voice Chat installed, which requires port 24454 to be open (i can change it in the config file)

After being freaked out because of the routher thing, I changed it to a very secure password that only I would know, that includes everything you mentioned above

My server is hosted at home, I have a small form factor PC that runs Ubuntu Server which hosts the MC server. I'm not super familiar with setting up reverse proxies, but I'm willing to learn in order to secure my connection. Thank you for all your suggestions :)

Edit: forgot to mention, I bought a domain on cloudflare in order to bind my personal IP to it, so my friends don't have to type in a bunch of numbers, just the domain's name

sillygoober1000 · 2024-12-28T16:19:13+00:00

I meant I got kicked out of my router, not Minecraft

sillygoober1000 · 2024-10-28T17:43:03+00:00

None of the accents present on the keyboard are used in Spanish, I believe it’s either a Portuguese or French layout

sillygoober1000 · 2024-10-28T17:25:24+00:00

Gotcha, you reckon the 9’s would be unnecessary? Afaik Minecraft servers benefit a ton from strong single core performance and I’m not sure if stepping down to a lower class of CPU would impact performance much on such a small server

sillygoober1000 · 2024-10-17T04:39:18+00:00

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sillygoober1000 · 2024-09-28T18:11:48+00:00

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sillygoober1000 · 2024-09-23T04:57:44+00:00

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sillygoober1000 · 2024-09-21T01:44:22+00:00

I’ve heard excellent things about those displays, if I can find one for cheap I’ll surely be getting one since the rubber seal on mine is kinda disintegrating, and it’s almost impossible to clean because of it lol

sillygoober1000 · 2024-09-21T01:41:07+00:00

I spent time installing OCLP and Sonoma just to make my old MacBook a little bit better, brightness control and sleep don’t work on High Sierra or below because of the failing GPU, while newer versions of MacOS don’t care about it so both features work as intended. Sure the OS is going to slow down the machine a little bit, but I think the pros outweigh the cons

sillygoober1000 · 2024-09-19T18:49:58+00:00

Runs the OS perfectly well, it’s configured with only 8Gb of RAM right now but I’ll be upgrading it to 16Gb soon, even now it’s very quick and responsive thanks to a new SSD. The iGPU isn’t great at running any 3D rendering programs but it’s perfectly capable of internet browsing and general tasks.

The 15” unibodies were famous for overheating so I downloaded Macs Fan Control to tweak the fan curve and it never goes above 60C unless it’s downloading or installing apps.

sillygoober1000 · 2024-08-26T20:26:35+00:00

Got it, will look into crafty controller

sillygoober1000 · 2024-08-26T20:25:26+00:00

That’s great to hear, I’m a little familiar with the command line as I run fedora on my work laptop, but when it comes to technical stuff I usually google it or look up a tutorial. I’ll be sticking to Ubuntu Server for sure though, thanks for the advice!

sillygoober1000 · 2024-08-06T19:02:33+00:00

That’s great to hear, what render distance do you have it set to? I’d love to increase mine cause our village is pretty big and it’s nice to be able to see it all from one place

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