Tag: remote-access
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The Blueprint: Locking Down Home Assistant With mTLS — So Hackers Can’t Even Find the Door
A login page is not enough protection. Anyone who can reach yours can probe it, fingerprint it, and hammer it. mTLS via Cloudflare Zero Trust fixes that, bad actors get a Cloudflare access denied screen before they ever touch your network. Here is exactly how to set it up, including the iOS profile install and…
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The Blueprint: How to Set Up a Cloudflare Tunnel for Home Assistant (Free, Secure Remote Access Without Port Forwarding)
Port forwarding your Home Assistant to the internet is a security risk most guides gloss over. Here’s how I replaced Nabu Casa remote access with a Cloudflare Tunnel for free, no open ports, and a foundation for locking things down even further with mTLS. Updated for Cloudflare’s current Zero Trust dashboard, which has changed significantly…


