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What do you guys do about usernames / passwords for your local services? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 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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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 3 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).

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Don't remember the tool, maybe someone here does, but there's some web service out there that boasts a "no storage" approach. You provide some URI and some other value (maybe username) and it makes a password for you, but it's always the same for a given combination. Basically it's a purely functional generator.

Downside would be forgetting a minor detail (Did it end with a slash or not? What was the username?) or the site going down. You can achieve the same thing yourself with a hash calculator but those passwords are a bitch to type in.

tl;dr just use KeePass

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Maybe ldap? I might do that for my setup.

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

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

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