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I didn't know you were supposed to disable root user... (linux.community)

submitted 3 months ago by Tablaste@linux.community to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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Background: 15 years of experience in software and apparently spoiled because it was already set up correctly.

Been practicing doing my own servers, published a test site and 24 hours later, root was compromised.

Rolled back to the backup before I made it public and now I have a security checklist.

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[–] Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I'm ever opening up anything to the internet. It's scary out there.

I don't trust my competence, and if I did, I dont trust my attention to detail. That's why I outsource my security: pihole+firebog for links, ISP for my firewall, and Tailscale for tunnels. I'm not claiming any of them are the best, but they're all better than me.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isp for firewalls might not be better than you. Get something dedicated.

Ubiquiti or pfsense is a good start.

[–] Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You over estimate my competence. I do intend to leave my ISP firewall up and intact, but I could build layers behind it.

I run everything on a minipc (beelink eq12), which I intend to age into a network box (router, dns, firewall) when I outgrow it as a server. It'll be a couple years and few more users yet though.