Security and operations are a critical component of a well-run validator. With Sentries you can be assured we take this into the utmost consideration when evaluating technologies and deployment.
6 point strategy when dealing with infrastructure hardware
Firewall configured – only allow access required for operating the Solana Validator
Restricted access via user account as well as key’d account restriction
Automatic install of latest security updates
Systems monitoring and auditing
Encrypted filestore on boot for access to private keypair loaded (voting / identity account)
Alerting for low vote balance, updates, system status, and new builds
Aditionally Sentries enforces the following with withdraw authority:
Off premise withdraw authority key storage
Multisignature configurations
To manage these systems effectively we leverage the following technologies which are available for your evaluation: ZeroTier, Boundary, CMD, Consul, and Vault.