What do you guys do about usernames / passwords for your local services? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Basically every local service is accessed via a web interface, and every interface wants a username and password. Assuming none of these services are exposed to the internet, how much effort do you put into security here?
Personally, I didn't really think about it when I started. I make a half-assed effort at security where I don't use "admin" or anything obvious as the username, and I use a decent-but-not-industrial password - but I started reusing the u/p as the number of services I'm running grew. I have my browsers remember the u/ps.
Should one go farther than this? And if so, what's the threat model? Is there an easier way?

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[-] GrumpyBike1020@monero.town 3 points 4 months ago

My goal is to have all my services being a reverse proxy, even on LAN, and use passwordless authentication via passkeys/webauthn. I haven’t yet tried it but have been eyeing this: https://github.com/stonith404/pocket-id?ref=selfh.st

[-] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

I am very much looking for feedback on this self-proclaimed simple oidc. Authentik is not as bad as Keycloak, but from what I reckon theres still room for improvement! -fingers crossed-

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Currently I have terrible local password rules.

Once I get my Vaultwarden reinstalled, everything will use properly managed passwords, with 2FA for things like servers/services/admin accounts (routers, DNS, etc).

[-] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
CGNAT	Carrier-Grade NAT
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
IP	Internet Protocol
IoT	Internet of Things for device controllers
NAT	Network Address Translation
SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
SSO	Single Sign-On
nginx	Popular HTTP server

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[-] anzo@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

I use anzo and as password an empty string. It's never been guessed :p

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Maybe ldap? I might do that for my setup.

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