Looking for advice before making my server public

I have been running a modded server on my own hardware for about a month or so now for myself and a few friends and am considering making it public (or at least setting up other public servers). Before I do so I would think there are good server side mods/plugins to install prior for various reasons to include quality of life and security. Also, I'm sure there are at least some things to do that could reduce the chances of things like a DDOS. Currently running a forge server for The 1.7.10 Pack (yes, it's old, I know) on a Proxmox Ubuntu container. CPU is Ryzen 7 5800X and I have 32GB of RAM. 12 cores and 24GB are dedicated to the container right now. Spark shows I have a significant amount of buffer space. I can provide a profile link if requested. Any suggestions are appreciated.
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If the only reliable way to protect the server is to go through a hosting company then I simply won't go public. I made the server in the first place because I like computers and consider it a fun project. The idea of going public was mainly an afterthought and I would drop that before I give up on the self hosting idea.
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Snow Kit
Snow Kit2mo ago
I mean, you’d need to make sure none of the mods are vulnerable to bleedingpipe
Stiffisharc
StiffisharcOP2mo ago
Interesting, sounds like the easiest option would just be to go straight to getting the patch for it. Unless I have misunderstood and it only fixes the server itself, but the vulnerability would still be open on some mods
ProGamingDk
ProGamingDk2mo ago
for ddos protection, and public servers its usually cheaper, easier and better to use a hosting provider to host the server
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Stiffisharc
Stiffisharc2mo ago
If the only reliable way to protect the server is to go through a hosting company then I simply won't go public. I made the server in the first place because I like computers and consider it a fun project. The idea of going public was mainly an afterthought and I would drop that before I give up on the self hosting idea.

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