Encryption, (FDE or equivalent)

If encryption support comes, then I would only want it to do work on certain shares/folders and not the whole volume.

When requesting encryption, you might want to talk more about your needs.

My assumption when someone says Full Disk Encryption, is that they want it such that the data is unreadable if the drives or the ReadyNAS gets stolen. FDE's not a solution if you want end to end data encryption. With a FDE solution, the data's going to be in the clear going from the NAS to the client computers (so if someone has a sniffer out, it's possible to get your data).

I would like encryption as well. Encryption of the disks in the device is nice. Encryption of USB attached drives used for backup is even nicer.
To rephrase, if I attach a USB drive to the front and press the backup button, the data is optionally encrypted on the USB drive. This allows me to store the backup drive remotely without worrying about the contents.
Obtaining the key + SW recovery tool would be out of band (for instance through FrontView).

I would also be interested in encryption.

I am contemplating setting up a computer system for a small business (~3 workstations accessing a shared database via LAN). A third-party closed application would store confidentila client information on the LAN. For this particular application the standard security involves nothing more than the physical security of the site. I am considering using a ReadyNAS to store the database (for reliability and redundant storage).

I would like the database to be protected against opportunistic theft of the NAS or disks. (The data is not sufficiently valuable that anyone would steal the disks or hack the LAN to get the data. It is more likely that someone would opportunistically break into the business and steal the NAS because it looks saleable.) I would like the encryption to be transparent to the application program. (Something like a boot-time password on the NAS would be adequate.) I would also need to be able to make encrypted off-site backups. The strength of encryption should be adequate to defeat your average neighbourhood hacker - not government agencies or crypto-professionals.

+1 for encryption on some shares and on USB disks.

+1 For Share Encryption

+1 for USB drive encryption for frontview backups. If one of my backup drives is lost/stolen when taken off site all my data is exposed.

Maybe not possible due to ReadyNAS CPU restrictions, but add my vote for encryption "a la Truecrypt" :)

+1 for Share and USB Disk Encryption.

My main concern is theft. The current users are trusted.

I am surprised that there seems so little interest to have this vital requirement implemented. Searching through the forums I see various requests for an encryption feature but they are dated back two years or more and apparently they did not find their way to Netgear. I have not been able to locate any formal response on this requirement. Not even a word saying that the hardware would not support it as some users suggested. Many NAS vendors have this incorprated addressing the need for business or home to protect access to confidential data stored on the device. After serveral years have passed since this requirement has been submitted in the forum the first time, nothing happened?!