SMRTR ProgrammingMay 17, 2026Hacker News

First Steps on a New Server

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A battle-tested checklist for hardening a Debian server: configure DNS, create a non-root user, set up SSH key auth, firewall rules, auto-updates, fail2ban, and Let's Encrypt HTTPS.

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