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by belorn 4739 days ago
VPN's are unique in providing translation from a dynamic IPv4, to multiple static IPv4. Since most ISP's won't give out enough static IPv4 addresses, if you want to run private servers at home then a VPN is more or less the only way.

Dynamic DNS can be used for a singular server, through how reliable depend on the TTL and how accepting other DNS resolvers are in accepting low TTL's (which in practice some aren't). However, if you are behind NAT, VPN is truly the only option for home servers.

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Many ISPs forbid running servers on residential connections. So it could even be intentional.