I just started self hosting. I have been really enjoying it so far but I’m nervous that the excitement will wear off soon unless something stressful or even catastrophic happens. Any advice?

  • glizzyguzzler@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    24·
    22 hours ago

    King, all you must do is set up root ssh access with a short password and port forward port 22 to it. Super easy, super quick!

    For extra spice, I’d recommend also hitting your hard drives with a hammer once or twice a day. They just don’t like vibrations; you’ve gotta weed out the weak ones. Only the strong data will survive.

    • GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      9·
      20 hours ago

      Thanks for your interest in joining the botnet!

      I’d recommend using “password” as your password and “root” for the username. Attackers have a lot of stuff going on! Don’t make their job all complicated, make it easy to remember.

      Older operating systems like a really old Linux distro or Windows XP are the best, since their performance requirements are a lot lower, giving better overhead for the crypto miners that will be installed. Modern OSs waste resources on security features and such.

      • Crash@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
        3·
        13 hours ago

        …how bad would it be if i actually tried this. not the hammer part but now i really wanna know what happens if i open port forward to 22.

        • glizzyguzzler@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          4·
          10 hours ago

          SSH lets you remotely control a computer It runs on port 22 If you forward port 22 to your computer, you will allow anyone on the internet to SSH to your computer

          You can do that pretty safely by disabling root login and disabling password logins - only using keys to SSH in.

          You can join the borg botnet by enabling root login, setting a simple password (maybe even password as recommended!), and waiting.

      • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.caEnglish
        5·
        24 hours ago

        Just have it open in your home router configuration to forward traffic somewhere.

        Or you can have an SSH server running on a small VM and you can route traffic there and watch the logs. Like a honeypot type of thing.

  • James R Kirk@startrek.websiteEnglish
    41·
    24 hours ago

    Back up an image the entire operating system HD when it’s working well. If you ever get overwhelmed with bugs you can always go back to a functioning state.

    We all like checking out the latest features and updates but it’s important to remember that it’s not a race.