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How to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 2: Firewall, Bans, and Automatic Updates)
Part 2 of setting up my first VPS on Debian 13 Minimal. The SSH port gotcha in Debian 13, swap, closing every port with ufw, banning repeat offenders with fail2ban, capping the journal, and letting security patches apply themselves.
vpsdebianserversecurityfirewalllinuxHow to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 1: Securing the Base System)
Part 1 of setting up my first VPS on Debian 13 Minimal. Initial access, system updates, SSH keys, a non-root user, and SSH hardening, before any services go on the box.
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