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Comment by breppp

12 hours ago

Blocking most of the world's population is one way of reducing malicious traffic

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gessha  12 hours ago

If nobody can connect to your site, it’s perfectly secure.

warkdarrior  11 hours ago

Make sure to block your own IP address to minimize the chance of a social engineering attack.

  • bot403  10 hours ago

    Include 127.0.0.1 as well just in case they get into the server.

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