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forwarding port 22 safe? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by 1c34@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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i want to remotely ssh to my home server, and I was wondering if I could just forward port 22 with disabling password login and use pubkey authentication will be safe enough?

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[–] blusls@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Depending on how you will be connecting depends on how you should configure this. I would strongly suggest just setting up a Wireguard server and connect to it via VPN. At the same time, exposing the port and using a pubkey with Fail2Ban would be the next best option, while always keeping your server patched with port forwarding a different port to the stand SSH port internally.

These are the simplest ways to do this and still be secure. Again, I strongly suggest setting up a private VPN of your choosing.

WireGuard Installs - https://www.wireguard.com/install/

WireGuard Docker - https://github.com/wg-easy/wg-easy