@[email protected] to Selfhosted • 2 months agoWhat are common practice's for hardening/securing your server?message-square65fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down12
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoIt defends against the lowest level of automation. And if that is a legit threat in your model, you are going to have a bad time. It’s just going to trip you up at some point
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoI’m not saying it should be your only defense. I’m saying that changing defaults is a good idea for secure systems. For instance, you should change the default WiFi password on your router.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 months agoSo is changing the port. It won’t do a lot in terms of security but it will help a tiny bit
It defends against the lowest level of automation. And if that is a legit threat in your model, you are going to have a bad time.
It’s just going to trip you up at some point
I’m not saying it should be your only defense. I’m saying that changing defaults is a good idea for secure systems.
For instance, you should change the default WiFi password on your router.
Yes, because a password is security
So is changing the port. It won’t do a lot in terms of security but it will help a tiny bit