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How much do you secure a home server that's only accessible with VPN?
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i duct-tape a 22 to the side of the server with the trigger trip-wired to the wan port.
your move, iptables
No salt circle to prevent hostile spirits from possessing it? No anti-seabear circle? Talk about amateur hour.
And while YOU were worrying about the seabear, you foolishly forgot your anti sea rhinoceros undergarments?!?!