endlessh VS Pritunl

You can reduce the noise a lot by moving ssh to a non standard port. Security through obscurity isn't actually security, but it will reduce the number of attempts you receive. Another thing I like to do is put Endlessh on the standard port 22. That way as bots go by they will get stuck or at least slow down on that connection.

SSH tarpit with Endlessh and for the hidden SSH: auth with both a key files (that need unlocking and is on the computer) AND an One Time Password on my phone.

If you change the ssh port, install https://github.com/skeeto/endlessh to slow down the attackers

Even this requires you to successfully guess the username and password correctly, and if it's just not the default most people won't bother brute forcing further. Sidenote: you can use endlessh on a computer and port forward port 22 to trap scanners that scan the entire internet for open ssh ports to exploit.

The fun way is moving your ssh port somewhere else and installing endlessh to f the bots.

Such as endlessh

But, as a prank to Chinese hackers, what I did on my system was to run endless ssh. It keeps the ssh client busy as it slowly sends the ssh banner. I modified the code to send strings like:

For hardening: I use lynis for some guidance, the VPS runs rkhunter, AIDE and other things nightly and mails me the reports, fail2ban manages the SSH port, having SSH on a custom port helps to keep things quiet. If you're into these kind of things, have a look at the Endlessh tarpit to learn about login attempts on port 22 on your machine - I found it eye-opening.

Also check Pritunl

It doesn't run on OpnSense but Pritunl's paid version supports Google SSO. Works well. Easy client deploy.

https://pritunl.com/ Might do the trick for you.

Went to pritunl. Self-hosted.

Thanks! I currently run Pritunl on the cluster, but I could definitely host my resume on there as well. I could stand to learn tools like https://locust.io or Bees With Machines Guns as a load testing exercise for sure. I will dive into it!

I personally use Pritunl at home. It works quite well and is push button simple to set up for a basic configuration. https://pritunl.com/

I use Pritunl. Very simple to install and manage. And its free https://pritunl.com/

Pritunl

Pritunl has been pretty good for me. OpenVPN performance is pretty solid and it's really easy to configure and manage users.

Wireguard is UDP natively, do use the TCP option in OpenVPN. It installed easily. Here’s one tool that makes installation and management easy https://pritunl.com/