[tor-relays] securing a VPS [High speed exit]

[David Stainton]

No not just a hidden service but an authenticated hidden service.

Also Knockknock is a port knocker... which uses cryptographic authentication.

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Craig C-S <craigcsis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks all for the advice!
>
> Things to do:
> - I'll be looking to run Moxie Marlinspike's knockknock daemon soon as that
> seems like a superior solution to port knocking and rate limiting. (big fan
> of his work on TextSecure and RedPhone!)
> - Run OpenSSH as a hiddenservice.  This seems obvious now but had not
> occurred to me.
> - Look into Fail2Ban and DenyHosts and implement them.
>
> Done and thank you for the reminders!
> - Automated daily updates via emerge
> - Server hardening done with hardened-gentoo
> - Moved to key auth for ssh
>
> Alan:
> I'll keep you and the community updated if soyoustart.com (OVH) has any
> problem with the exit.  Beyond forgetting to ban exits to 25 they have not
> said anything!
>
> Thanks Alan, David and Robert!
>
> Craig
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:12 PM, I <beatthebastards at inbox.com> wrote:
>>
>> Also, if you know how set the operating system to update automatically to
>> keep it secure.
>>
>> Robert
>>
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