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5 Linux Hardening Techniques I Apply Before Hosting Any Website

✍️ Full Blog Content: Intro: Hosting a website on Linux isn’t just about setting up Apache or Nginx — it’s about making sure your server doesn’t get turned into someone else’s playground. Over the years, I developed a personal checklist: five hardening techniques I apply every single time before a site goes live. If you skip these, you’re inviting trouble. Move SSH to a Non-Standard Port and Harden Config Attackers scan port 22 constantly. One of the first things I do: ✅ Steps: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config Change port to something like 2210 set PermitRootLogin no PasswordAuthentication no AllowUsers youradminuser ✅ Restart SSH: sudo systemctl restart sshd

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5 Linux Hardening Techniques I Apply Before Hosting Any Website

✍️ Full Blog Content:
Intro:
Hosting a website on Linux isn’t just about setting up Apache or Nginx — it’s about making sure your server doesn’t get turned into someone else’s playground. Over the years, I developed a personal checklist: five hardening techniques I apply every single time before a site goes live.

If you skip these, you’re inviting trouble.

  1. Move SSH to a Non-Standard Port and Harden Config Attackers scan port 22 constantly. One of the first things I do:

✅ Steps:

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Change port to something like 2210
set
PermitRootLogin no PasswordAuthentication no AllowUsers youradminuser

✅ Restart SSH:

sudo systemctl restart sshd

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