Hey community! When I first set up my MCP server, I was just excited to get it running. You know how it goes — I just wanted to see it online and working.
At that time, I honestly didn’t care much about “security.” I thought, “Who’s gonna bother my little server anyway?”
Well, that changed fast.
A few days after going live, I checked the logs and saw random people — or maybe bots — trying to connect. Weird IPs, strange requests, and a ton of failed login attempts. It freaked me out. My server was barely up, and already someone was trying to poke around in it.
That’s when I realized I’d made a rookie mistake — I launched it before securing it.
So I went back and locked things down:
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I turned on SSL so all data was encrypted.
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Changed every default password I could find.
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Blocked everything that didn’t need access.
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And only allowed trusted clients to connect.
After that, things felt calmer. The logs were cleaner, and I stopped seeing so many weird hits.
Big lesson learned: get your security right before going live. It’ll save you a ton of stress later. Thanks for reading! More awesome blogs are on the way with SightSpeak AI, so stay tuned for what’s next!