Journal · Reading path
How the lab began
Why I wanted a Minecraft server for my friends in the first place, and what had to exist around it.
Ordered as a reading path, not by date.
How a Minecraft server for my friends grew into a lab
The lab exists because I wanted somewhere to run a Minecraft server for friends. One container turned into Proxmox, Sophos, private access, Active Directory and a place for my thesis. This is how one question led to the next.
Hosting Minecraft behind CGNAT for five friends
I opened my Minecraft server to five friends with the default port and no whitelist, then watched port scans arrive. Here is what moving the port changed, what the whitelist actually controlled, and why an SRV record kept joining simple.
