I have installed nginx on an Arch Linux VPS with Vultr. I intend to use it to serve files to myself and two colleagues. I have setup three accounts for us all with login names and passwords via the .htaccess and .htpasswd files. I will also be adding a certificate with let’s encrypt before the server will be used.

The data we will be sharing is commercially sensitive. Is there anything else I need to worry about? Is there anything else I can do to harden the server?

  • Dodecahedron December
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    1 year ago

    There is lots more that should be considered when hardening the server. You may want to consult a sysadmin if you are doing this commercially. A password is very weak authentication.