Hello, I have searched for something like this but have not been able to find exactly what I am looking for. I am trying to protect my admin account. My concern, which is most likely an edge case but possible nevertheless, is that someone could keep trying my admin account username (visible becau…

If someone is trying to brute force into your account, it will most probably ban their IP address and not really your account IIRC. Using 2FA will surely help a lot as it deters the malicious actors a lot. if You’re using a static IP on your home network you may be able to whitelist your own IP ad…

[изображение] bobbysmith: My concern, which is most likely an edge case but possible nevertheless, is that someone could keep trying my admin account username (visible because I use it to post user guides etc.) and lock me out by simply trying it several times. If anyone was going to try to l…

[изображение] JimPas: If anyone was going to try to log in as you, they would have to know the email address you used when you set up your account. That’s not correct, you can log in by username. 2FA will stop anyone that steals your password from reuse but DIDN’T get malware into your compu…

I stand corrected. I did forget about the SSH access route. :man_facepalming:

Thanks to you all for taking the time as these are helpful responses. So, it looks like 2FA is always a good idea, and if all goes south at least I have SSH access. Makes sense. Also, [изображение] JimPas: The ‘system’ is the forum software. When you set up your forum you did set up an accou…

[изображение] bobbysmith: So, it looks like 2FA is always a good idea Correct. And this applies everywhere, not just Discourse. If a site you use supports 2FA, you absolutely should configure it.

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JimPas 01.Март.2021 08:01:15 5

Я признаю свою ошибку. Я действительно забыл про доступ через SSH.

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