Thousands of Exposed Ollama Servers: No Auth on Port 11434, Here's the Fix
victorialslocum · x · 2026-10-07
Thousands of Ollama servers are exposed online because Ollama's API has no built-in authentication—anyone reaching port 11434 can send prompts, use your compute, and pull or upload models. The post recommends using NetBird to set up private remote access to a DGX Spark (128GB unified memory) running Ollama or other model servers, with a full guide by @kimjharre instead of exposing services to the internet.
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