Node RED is a powerfull tool, and one that fits perfectly in the ever increasing connected world. But when doing so, security should be the first priority, sadly a lot of users do not adhere to this. With this in mind, there are various tools / services that can help protect access to Node RED, sp…

[image] marcus-j-davies: A Restart of NR will be needed of course The Nodejs BlockList class seems not to have much methods to change the ip addresses at runtime. Isn't it better to do it in another way, so you can change the list without restarting?

Is whitelisting public IP addresses like this a good idea? One would have to open a port which if a bot spotted would identify your IP as an attack target. Combine that with whitelisting a whole range of public IP addresses which you are not using but someone else is ... There are much better way…

[image] jbudd: Is whitelisting public IP addresses like this a good idea? As opposed to allowing all Public IP's? This is in response to many events on the forum, where those that have opened up ports, are not restricted to who can access those open ports - we have seen the posts. This "Hel…

Don't want to be negative here. This is certainly useful, thanks for sharing. However, there are, I think, some notable caveats that relate to different network configurations. Not at my pc so can't test my assumptions for now. Anyway, this method does no harm and should help in many cases. But c…

[image] marcus-j-davies: As opposed to allowing all Public IP's? No. As opposed to whitelisting any public ips whatsoever. Yes I know some people discover they can open a port and do so without any further thought until they get hacked. Your post gives easily followed instructions for one w…

Was wondering if it might have some benefit to add logging of 401 responses?

[image] E1cid: Was wondering if it might have some benefit to add logging of 401 responses? intriguing idea to identify the Mr Meaners [image] jbudd: It probably isn't much help if you hope to turn off your lights from the pub, does the hotspot give you a cloudflare IP address? Depen…

[image] marcus-j-davies: intriguing idea to identify the Mr Meaners Or some form alert that access attempts are happening from non white list IP's. [image] jbudd: It probably isn't much help if you hope to turn off your lights from the pub I wonder why you would need to give access to…

[image] E1cid: I wonder why you would need to give access to the editor to turn off lights from the pub. Good point. I suppose I use the editor as a dashboard! Happy Christmas all :evergreen_tree: :turkey:

You’ll be on Santa’s naughty list ! Merry Xmas.

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I have updated the security FAQ with references to Node.js security best practices, the blocklist functions and this thread.

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How to 'whitelist' IP address's that can access Node RED

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