diff --git a/mongodb-debian.md b/mongodb-debian.md
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    --dearmor`
 3. Add mongodb sources to apt sources.list.d `echo "deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg ] http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian bookworm/mongodb-org/8.0 main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-8.0.list`
 4. Tell apt to update repo's and install mongosh other preq-reqs `sudo apt update && sudo apt install mongodb-org`
+
+### Hardening MongoDB
+1. Start mongod without authentication `sudo systemctl start mongod`