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Tips for self-hosting
Security levels of hosting methods
This section gives a list of methods in which ways it is possible to setting up own services and describes its advantages and disadvantages.
Using services on free service providers (e.g. wordpress.com)
Advantages
- easy setup
- costs no money
- no expert knowledge on security needed
Disadvantages
- no full control over your service
- security is dependent on security competence of provider
- advertisement
- privacy issues