node-red / node-red/node-red.github.io
Internet security warnings needed
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Description
Please add a security warnings getting started and installing sections not to expose Node-RED to the Internet without suitable precautions including:
- MUST use TLS (HTTPS)
- MUST have a login with strong passcode for the Editor
- MUST run Node-RED under a dedicated, separate OS user
- MUST NOT have default id's and passwords on the Node-RED server (especially Pi's)
- SHOULD avoid exposing the Editor to the Internet directly, SHOULD use a trusted security proxy such as Cloudflare Zero Trust, NGROK, etc.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate the getting-started and installing documentation sections referenced in the issue and review their existing security guidance. Add warnings covering TLS, Editor authentication, a dedicated OS user, non-default credentials, and safer proxying; done means each listed precaution is clearly presented in both relevant sections.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100