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I have a VPS that I secure as much as possible since the IP is public, but does a wireguard-access-only homelab warrant the same efforts? Those with homelabs like this, what do you do?

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[โ€“] 0x0@infosec.pub 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It is going to make fingerprinting more annoying while evading default port scans. That isnt nothing but you do you boo

[โ€“] sandwichsaregood@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I agree that there is some value to obscurity generally, but Wireguard already evades port scans and fingerprinting. Unless a packet is signed with a known key, it gives no response to traffic, so scanners and fingerprinters see a closed port. You ISP can identify WG traffic while you are connected by inspecting your traffic, but random scanners won't see anything. Look on shodan, you won't see Wireguard.