People like you in this industry are legitimately the reason botnets and significant compromise still exists. “You don’t need to be a genius to do all this additional config to make this thing I’m referring to as secure, secure.” Do you even read your own writings before you hit post? Also your final argument is so slathered in whataboutism I can’t even. Yes, any internet connectivity is going to be less secure than an air gap, but when you’re advising implementations you should keep security posture and best practices in mind. What you’re speaking on is more complex than any one person’s understanding of it due to significant layers of abstraction. Exhibit a? Ssh is not a codebase. It’s a network protocol. The codebase is literally different depending on implementation.