https://blog.mishraji.org/tags/private-resource-access/ Recent content in Private Resource Access on mishraJi Hugo en-us Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.mishraji.org/posts/cloudflare-ztna-part-3/ Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.mishraji.org/posts/cloudflare-ztna-part-3/ <h1 id="introduction">Introduction</h1> <p>Private resources don&rsquo;t have public IPs, which means they&rsquo;re not directly reachable from the internet. That&rsquo;s intentional — and usually a good call.</p> <p>Take an internal file-share server. If it&rsquo;s exposed to the internet without authentication, you&rsquo;ve got a problem. Same with a self-hosted GitLab instance for your dev team, or an SSH endpoint for managing infrastructure. These aren&rsquo;t meant for the public internet.</p> <p>But here&rsquo;s the catch: keeping something private often means setting up a VPN, which adds complexity. You need to manage certificates, client software, authentication layers — it all adds friction, especially if you just want something quick and temporary.</p>