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[–] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yep, though with calibre in particular you want to kind of make sure it's locked down real good. People sniff for the ports it uses, so open calibre-web libraries get found quickly, and then will usually have some attempts at cracking.

I had mine set up as a local-only thing (could only access from my home WiFi), but from experiences with other apps that have similar crawlers, it takes about a week for them to be found. Just make sure everyone's passwords are decent, or just share one account if it's people you trust.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago

Ok, good point.

This would be local only so they can up/download ebooks here and share with the family - when they're here.

Thanks