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title: System Hardening and Account Security
canonical: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/system-hardening-and-account-security/
product: Access Server Docs
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# System Hardening and Account Security

## In this section:

- [Tutorial: How to Secure the Root User Account on a Virtual Appliance](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--secure-root-user.md)
- [Tutorial: How to Replace the Legacy openvpn Administrative Account](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--replace-legacy-openvpn-account.md)
- [Tutorial: How to Change the Password for Your New Administrative Account](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--change-admin-user-password.md)
- [Tutorial: Understanding Local Password Hashing in Access Server](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--local-password-hashing.md)
- [Tutorial: Configure the Authentication Failure Lockout Policy](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--authentication-failure-lockout-policy.md)
- [Tutorial: Protect the Admin and Client Web UIs from Brute-Force Attacks with Fail2Ban](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/tutorials/tutorial--protect-web-uis-from-brute-force-attacks-with-fail2ban.md)

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