A brief infrastructure note on reducing attack surface during routine maintenance
RewindOS is built to prioritize observable behavior and minimal assumptions—not just in cultural analysis, but in infrastructure as well.
During a hosting migration over the weekend from porkbun to rocket.net for better stability and control over the site itself, I reviewed authentication traffic patterns due to unusual login attempts on my site. Note: this is NOT something that every hosting provider (Namely cheaper ones) provide. So thanks to rocket.net. This review concluded repeated automated login attempts originating from non-U.S. bot traffic.
I used it as an opportunity to apply layered security controls:
- Reduced attack surface by obscuring default login pages
- Implemented rate-limiting on failed login attempts
- Disabled legacy remote-procedure endpoints that are no longer required for site operation
After applying these changes, automated login traffic ceased, and authentication logs returned to baseline behavior.
This process reinforced a simple principle that applies beyond WordPress: I could have left the site as is, but doing a little research and installing some much-needed plugins to close outdated loopholes is a must for everyone running their own site.
RewindOS continues to favor minimal surface area, observable behavior, and incremental hardening over complex or opaque security tooling.