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FTPS or SFTP as option in Frontview backup
As you all know FTP is still one of the most common file transfer protocols used to backup or restore data from remote servers. This is however a huge security risk, FTP has no encryption, not on account details and not on the data that's being transfered.
In a time where high encryption and strong passwords are expected this is still a huge security issue.
I would like the Jedi's to look into the possibility of adding security to the FTP protocol and this via FTPS (tls or ssl added to the FTP protocol) This shouldn't be too difficult, it is already available for transfers to and from local shares.
Something more advanced would be SFTP. I can imagine that this is harder to implement because this isn't a real FTP protcol anymore. SSH protocol connection. (May need users to add SSH add-on, more complex, ...)
I would be very happy to see one of these two implemented in future releases so I don't need to be worried that all my data is available to anyone who wants to look into it, or even causing damage.
Hope you guys support this request! It is essential to safe data transfer over FTP.
In a time where high encryption and strong passwords are expected this is still a huge security issue.
I would like the Jedi's to look into the possibility of adding security to the FTP protocol and this via FTPS (tls or ssl added to the FTP protocol) This shouldn't be too difficult, it is already available for transfers to and from local shares.
Something more advanced would be SFTP. I can imagine that this is harder to implement because this isn't a real FTP protcol anymore. SSH protocol connection. (May need users to add SSH add-on, more complex, ...)
I would be very happy to see one of these two implemented in future releases so I don't need to be worried that all my data is available to anyone who wants to look into it, or even causing damage.
Hope you guys support this request! It is essential to safe data transfer over FTP.
38 Replies
- FYI, FTPS is already supported. 8)
- It should just work as long as you've enabled FTP service.
- Ok can you explain me step by step how to?
I go to frontview backup jobs
add backup job
select source (backup share)
select destination (ftp server)
and then?
Standard this uses a non secure ftp connection.
I then asked on the backup forum how to configure this (http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=29954
And I quote ewok : "The backup manager doesn't support FTPS or SFTP at this time, though it may be added in a future release. Please open up a topic in the feature request page if you would like to see this added."
Seems to be some confusion around this or I'm looking over it..
Kind regards
Jellen - What was the outcome of this decision. i am trying to accomplish the same scenerio
- FYI, SFTP support is there automatically if you enable SSH access.
yoh-dah wrote: FYI, SFTP support is there automatically if you enable SSH access.
But that voids software support until factory default.mdgm wrote: yoh-dah wrote: FYI, SFTP support is there automatically if you enable SSH access.
But that voids software support until factory default.
Not unless we determine that the cause of any problem was due to customer messing with the OS. Root SSH access can be deadly...yoh-dah wrote: FYI, SFTP support is there automatically if you enable SSH access.
Hi Yoh-dah,
I have SSH enabled but no SFTP option is present when I select "Add a New Backup Job" in FrontView.
I want to use the ReadyNAS to backup my Ubuntu server machine (which can be accessed via SFTP but not FTP). One of the options for the backup source in the FrontView menu is called "Remote: FTP Site" but there is no option for "Remote: SFTP Site".
Please can you clarify how we should set up a backup via SFTP using the Frontview backup functionality?
Thanks,
Markmjw wrote: yoh-dah wrote: FYI, SFTP support is there automatically if you enable SSH access.
Hi Yoh-dah,
I have SSH enabled but no SFTP option is present when I select "Add a New Backup Job" in FrontView.
I want to use the ReadyNAS to backup my Ubuntu server machine (which can be accessed via SFTP but not FTP). One of the options for the backup source in the FrontView menu is called "Remote: FTP Site" but there is no option for "Remote: SFTP Site".
Please can you clarify how we should set up a backup via SFTP using the Frontview backup functionality?
Thanks,
Mark
SFTP server support is present on the ReadyNAS, not client, i.e. you can use a SFTP client to access data on the ReadyNAS. There is no SFTP support from FrontView Backup.
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