Beginning Node App Security

Since I’m using Tailscale to painlessly manage all my networking on the homeserver here and my remotes, I’ve had the luxury of being a bit casual about the security of my internal apps and self hosted dev tools. I’m currently iterating on a web app that requires public access, and is therefore up on a VPS and exposed to all the evils of the open internet.

I am in no way a security expert, but here’s a few of the (reasonably simple) steps I’ve taken to secure my node app.