https://firebog.net

https://dangerousip.blogspot.com

Network Segmentation and Isolation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gap_(networking)

jump server, jump host, jump box

Router

https://routersecurity.org

Turned off UPnP

Turned on “Always Use HTTPS to Access Router”

WiFi

https://www.yahoo.com/news/turn-off-household-appliance-want-152900100.html

  • Turn off microwave oven
  • Use video calling at less popular times if possible
  • Use ethernet when possible
  • Don’t put router near devices that might interfere with it
  • Disconnect devices when not in use

Use complex passwords for WiFi

Wireless Charging

Wireless charging sucks, they damage the battery permanently at a faster rate

LAN

  • Don’t let anyone in the LAN, if they must, have them use the guest account
  • IoT devices must be on guest wifi if you can’t create a separate intranet, otherwise IoT devices can see other devices like your NAS

Firewall

A system designed to control incoming and outgoing network traffic

“Close port 8080 on every computer you ever repair. That’ll make sure it STAYS repaired.”

Intrusion Detection System

Intrusion Prevention System

Reverse Proxy

“A reverse proxy accepts a request from a client, forwards it to a server that can fulfill it, and returns the server’s response to the client.” https://www.nginx.com/resources/glossary/reverse-proxy-vs-load-balancer/

Content Delivery Network

Often used to deal with DDoS

Also known to provide WAF (web application firewall) and WAN (wide area network) optimization

Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a reverse proxy that allows traffic to pass through it Cloudflare focuses more on security

Akamai

https://www.akamaistatus.com/

Customer <-> Akamai <-> Application

“Akamai maintains a global network of more than 240,000 ‘edge servers’. These are positioned at the ‘edge’ of the Internet, as close to end users as possible.”

Kona

WAF

Network and application layer security suite inline before Ion edge servers and applications

Ion

The Akamai edge content delivery network

CloudFront

CloudFront is owned by Amazon, easy to confuse with Cloudflare CloudFront is an actual server that delivers content from edge servers

EdgeCast