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# Security

## How are Hatchbox servers hardened for security?

There are several things we do to make sure your servers have good security defaults:

* We disable password authentication for SSH. You can only login with SSH keys.
* UFW (uncomplicated firewall) is installed and configured only to allow the following ports publicly
  * 22 (SSH) on all servers
  * 80 (HTTP), and 443 (HTTPS) on web servers
* In a multi-server cluster, Hatchbox also configures UFW to firewall the internal datacenter network. Traffic is only allowed between your servers.
* Security updates are automatically installed.

## What is the Hatchbox IP address so I can whitelist it?

67.205.151.197

## Can I use fail2ban?

Of course! We recommend adding it if you feel comfortable using it.


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