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I'd like to see some hardening of the box if it's going to be used as a VPN server. My boxes in the DO IP range routinely get targeted by malicious traffic fro
by tedmiston 10y ago
I'd like to see some hardening of the box if it's going to be used as a VPN server. My boxes in the DO IP range routinely get targeted by malicious traffic from China and Russia.
- andreareina 10y agoIs there a checklist/guide you could point to? I've come across a few but not being experienced I have a hard time judging how good/complete they are.
- tedmiston 10y agoI'm not a security expert by any means, but I like these three guides in the DO tutorials for a typical box. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-securing-your-linux-vps https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduc... https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys--2 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-... https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-on-ubuntu-14-04 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secu... There are a dozen or so tools mentioned in the above.
- robbintt 10y agoPlease add an issue with any reference and ideas for doing this. I would love PRs too.