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Readynas duo V2 unable to access admin page
Hi All Noticed that I am unable to login to the admin page using RaidR or through the IP address. I used to get a message as it didnt have a secure certiticate but now I can't even bypass that. ...
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Have you tried using Firefox? and setting it up with exception? or using an older version might work.
HTH
Marc_V wrote:
Have you tried using Firefox? and setting it up with exception? or using an older version might work.
There are a couple of ways to potentially resolve this.
One is that the apache web server in the NAS explicitly redirects to https. If that can be undone, then access would be retained (using http instead of https). I believe that in OS 4.2 this requires a change in virtual.conf, but I haven't tried it, or figured out if the change would be sticky. I also haven't looked at 4.1 (and since I don't have a v2 NAS I can't check OS 5) This would (IMO) be the best solution. Though the firmware itself is end-of-life, Netgear (or potentially someone else like WhoCares_ ) could provide an add-on that would apply this change.
Another is to update apache so it uses a version of TLS that isn't being deprecated. This would be better of course, but it definitely is more work, and might require Netgear to back-port changes.
Using firefox might work at the moment, but it won't work longer term. All browser vendors are dropping support for TLS 1.1 - see for instance this: https://www.zdnet.com/article/browsers-to-block-access-to-https-sites-using-tls-1-0-and-1-1-starting-this-month/ This includes removing the "click through" that is currently possible.
Installing an out-of-date browser to access the NAS would of course work, as long as you were careful to prevent it from being automatically updated. There is a way to disable checking for updates in the FireFox preferences. But you'd need to be careful not to use that browser to access the internet.
There is no way to enable admin HTTP access in the OS5.x GUI. Editing /etc/frontview/apache/Virtual.conf also doesn't do the whole job. It turns off the re-direct, but you then get an error 400 that HTTPS is required.
If anyone has any ideas where to look to get around this, I'll be happy to give it a try.
Sandshark wrote:
There is no way to enable admin HTTP access in the OS5.x GUI.
That is also true with OS 4.1 and OS 4.2.
So we really do need a solution for this.
The ultimate solution, obviously, it it's time to retire those old NASes. But I recognize that not everyone is in a position to do so and both personal and Netgear supply chain issues due to COVID-19 aren't making that any easier right now.
For Windows users, IE is still there, though Microsoft does their best to hide it from you. Since it's not being updated anymore, it should continue to be an option for as long as Microsoft leaves it in Windows 10.
Those with a 64-bit OS4.2.x machine always have the option of updating the OS to OS6, but those with other machines have no such option. I'm far from an expert on http(s), but I have a DuoV2 that's exclusively for experimentation and answering questions here, so I can give anything a try that can be fixed with a factory default. I just don't know where to look next and Google isn't being a lot of help. Everything I find about solving an error 400 assumes it is an error, not an intentional feature than now needs to be bypassed and everything about requiring HTTPS points to the rewrite engine, which I've disabled.
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