Ask HN: What should I do before exposing a home server to the internet?

Re:Ask HN: What should I do before exposing a home server to... by brundolf on Saturday May 29, 2021 @04:13PM (#27327939)

Really I'd like to have SSH available for my own use. Can it be secured well-enough? Keys only, perhaps? Putting it on an unusual port?

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Re:Ask HN: What should I do before exposing a home server to... by rolph on Sunday May 30, 2021 @08:22PM (#27338453)

you can set up a trigger port, that will open an SSH port when triggered properly. some routers come with this functionality, a third party opensource firmware usually does this or allows for a script to implement it.

so you "knock" on port 666 lets say with a majic packet of some sort this opens a secured SSH port, then drops it on command or idle time to live expires

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