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docs(network): document IoT->Caddy path for HA's Forgejo git access

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Home Assistant now pulls homelab-blueprint from Forgejo through Caddy,
which needed both a UniFi zone rule (IoT -> CADDY) and a ufw allow on
the Caddy host itself for the IoT subnet — two independent enforcement
layers, both previously missing/misconfigured.
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## 3a. IoT → CADDY Policies (reverse direction)
The Home Assistant host itself also needs to reach Caddy directly — it
pulls `homelab-blueprint` from Forgejo (`git.home.brianpooe.com`, proxied
through Caddy) to deploy its own docker-compose stack.
**Two independent layers enforce traffic into the Caddy host — both must
allow it, and both were found misconfigured while wiring this up:**
1. **UniFi zone-based firewall** (router-level, VLAN → VLAN):
| Policy name | Source zone | Source IP | Src. Port | Destination zone | Destination IP | Destination port(s) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `Allow HA to Caddy` | `IoT` | `10.0.30.6` (Home Assistant IP) | `Any` | `CADDY` | `10.0.15.5` (Caddy IP) | `443` | git fetch/pull of homelab-blueprint from Forgejo |
Src. Port must be `Any`, not restricted to HA's own listening ports
(8080/8123) — this is outbound traffic *from* HA, so the source port is
a random ephemeral port, not the port HA listens on. Setting Src. Port
to a "Home Assistant" port object here was the original bug: the rule
never matched, so traffic fell through to `Block All Traffic` below it.
2. **`ufw` on the Caddy host itself** (10.0.15.5) — a second, separate
enforcement point the UniFi rule doesn't touch. It allow-lists inbound
80/443 per source subnet and did not include the IoT VLAN
(`10.0.30.0/24`):
```bash
sudo ufw allow from 10.0.30.0/24 to any port 80,443 proto tcp
```
`ufw status` on that host is the fastest way to check which subnets can
already reach it before assuming a UniFi rule is the problem.
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## 4. Public DNS Block Policies (per zone)
Without these, devices can bypass Technitium by querying public resolvers