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People who don’t care about security are the cancer of the selfhosting-world. Billions of devices are part of a botnet because lazy/stupid owners don’t care about even the most basic shit, like changing the stock password. It’s insane.
And I kinda don’t want to know if complex passwords and low retries before an account gets locked out are enough.
I’ve created a custom cert that I verify within my nginx proxy using ssl_client_certificate and ssl_verify_client on. I got that cert on every device I use in the browser storage, additionally on a USB stick on my keychain in case I’m on a foreign or new machine. That is so much easier that bothering with passwords and the likes, and it’s infinitely more secure.
Sorry, but that is no reason. That’s a bit akin to having a dog and saying: “Nah I don’t have time to walk the dog now”. Selfhosting something that is publicly available (not as in “everyone can use it” but “everyone can access it”) bears some level of responsibility. You either make the time to properly set up and maintain it, or you shouldn’t selfhost stuff.
People who don’t care about security are the cancer of the selfhosting-world. Billions of devices are part of a botnet because lazy/stupid owners don’t care about even the most basic shit, like changing the stock password. It’s insane.
Still feels like I’m doing too little, but kinda hate 2fa.
And I kinda don’t want to know if complex passwords and low retries before an account gets locked out are enough.
I’ve created a custom cert that I verify within my nginx proxy using
ssl_client_certificateandssl_verify_client on. I got that cert on every device I use in the browser storage, additionally on a USB stick on my keychain in case I’m on a foreign or new machine. That is so much easier that bothering with passwords and the likes, and it’s infinitely more secure.A lot of people simply don’t have time to go the extra steps.
Instead you should be focused on secure by default design. E.g. not setting a static router password to admin admin.
It’s stupid in this day and age to continue to see default logins occur still.
Sorry, but that is no reason. That’s a bit akin to having a dog and saying: “Nah I don’t have time to walk the dog now”. Selfhosting something that is publicly available (not as in “everyone can use it” but “everyone can access it”) bears some level of responsibility. You either make the time to properly set up and maintain it, or you shouldn’t selfhost stuff.