On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:33:48 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

I have a personal server with eight terabytes of space spread across
four hard drives. I store all sorts of files there, including photos,
music, videos, and of course work output. I use an outside server to
stash photos I want to share. I wouldn't want any of the assholes here
(you're not in that group) poking around my personal server, or trying
to poke around it.
This has nothing to do with "poking around on your server".
It is all about having your own private web space. You can partition
that to various levels of password protection if you want but it still
has nothing to do with my home network beyond one "upload" directory
.... that could be on a thumb stick.