[SECURITY] Hardening Your Linux VPS: Fail2Ban, SSH Keys, and UFW The moment you purchase a DigitalOcean droplet or a Hetzner VPS and connect it to the internet, botnets begin scanning it for vulnerabilities and brute-forcing your root password. Here is the mandatory 10-minute checklist to lock...

[SECURITY] Hardening NGINX Against DDoS and Layer 7 Floods Standard rate-limiting in NGINX protects your forum login and registration pages from brute-force botnets and credential stuffing attacks. Implementation Steps: Add the following rate-limiting zone into the http { block of your main...