web interface security

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Wed Dec 28 12:04:33 UTC 2016


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 08:58:54AM +0000, thufir wrote:
> I disabled root and password based ssh for increased security.
> 
> Using fail2ban or other firewalls, I suppose a web server can blacklist 
> certain IP's?
> 
> Whether it's a web server, or perhaps a web service, are there other 
> options?  To whitelist only one, or a few, IP addresses?  How effective 
> would a white list be?
> 
This sounds more like what a firewall does easily.  My ADSL router's
firewall allows me to specify exactly what ports are open to what IP
addresses.

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Chris Green




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