Check points for securing Home Assistant installations #1151
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Landrash
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| @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ <h1 class="title delta">Getting Started Guide</h1> | |||
| <li>{% active_link /getting-started/customizing-devices/ Customizing devices and services %}</li> | |||
| <li>{% active_link /getting-started/presence-detection/ Presence Detection %}</li> | |||
| <li>{% active_link /getting-started/troubleshooting-configuration/ Troubleshooting %}</li> | |||
| <li>{% active_link /getting-started/securing/ Security Check Points %}</li> | |||
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Shouldn't list be in alphabetical order?
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From my point of view, this is something for the end. It's not required but should be mentioned.
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| - Secure your host. Sources could be [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Guide](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/pdf/Security_Guide/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Security_Guide-en-US.pdf), [CIS Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Benchmark](https://benchmarks.cisecurity.org/tools2/linux/CIS_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_7_Benchmark_v1.0.0.pdf), or the [Securing Debian Manual](https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/index.en.html). | ||
| - Restrict network access to your device. Set `PermitRootLogin no` and to use keys for authentication instead of passwords. | ||
| - Restrict network access to your device. Set `PermitRootLogin no` in your sshd config (usually `/etc/ssh/sshd_config`) and to use keys for authentication instead of passwords. |
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This setting will only disallow login with root over ssh.
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Yes, this would be most likely already be covered by the first point but better mention this twice as the hardening guides are pretty extensive.
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…t#1151) * Add check points * Add check points * Fix link * Grammar and style fixes
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Just started to collect some points to keep a Home Assistant installation secure.