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		gibbonsd1 on Feb 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Automatic VPN Generator – Protect Yoursel... I'd also install fail2ban. I looked at the auth logs for my DigitalOcean VM, and it's amazing how many bots/people try to log into it, even though it doesn't contain anything necessarily valuable.

j45 on Feb 8, 2014 [–]

I've noticed the same on DO. Lots of weird proxying attempts trying to use the webserver too.

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