• danhakimi
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    11 year ago

    the technology my device uses to communicate with services, including self-hosted services, is known as the internet. local area networks only work in the local area, which frustrates the purpose of a mobile phone—being mobile, and all.

    both the server and the client must be connected to the internet to communicate with one another across significant distances.

    you’re right, this is a textbook problem.

    • @Serdan@lemm.ee
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      21 year ago

      You can block a service from establishing outbound connections while allowing it to respond to inbound connections. It’s pretty common to do this because server software generally has no business calling out unprompted.