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philpo@feddit.org 2 weeks agoDid you just seriously recommend port forwarding to a NVR login? Even worse with a consumer grade router? With HTTPS,non Standard Port and a strong password as the only security tips?
Please,people,for the love of god: Don’t do that. Really. Don’t. This is really bad advice,sorry.
Unless you are very very sure that your NVR solution is impecable in terms of security (none are), you are 100% sure you stay up-to-date all the time (including reviewing updates for issues) and have additional measures like fail2ban, IDM/IDS,etc. in place this is a very bad idea. HTTPS is only helping in terms of password transmission/spoofing,which is an unlikely vector here, a non standard port doesn’t help one bit here(have a bit of fun with shodan and see yourself) and while a strong password helps it only helps if the auth of the system and the OS below itself is watertight - a hard task.
It is always a bad idea to port forward unless you really really cannot avoid it.
Use a VPN - as you said, wireguard.
xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 2 weeks ago
I will agree that my advice is bad.
I myself run all my services over wireguard. But I run ssh natively though but with extra hardening (fail2ban/sshkey/no default port/max retries, etc). Plus my IP changes every 24 hours. However, I did learn how to setup online services and this can be a stepping stone.
If one is experimenting, exposing the port is fine (temporarily). But if someone is running a service 24/7 over the internet, and the person does not have any cyber security acumen, wireguard is the clear winner.