Allowing only whitelisted IP addresses

Hi,

Which ReadyNAS are you using by the way? Is the VPN tunnel ending at your home or are you using a rented/free service with an unencrypted segment between the VPN server and your home? In case of the latter and if using ReadyCLOUD/ReadyNAS Remote it might be difficult to setup a whitelist as several IPs of Netgear’s servers would probably need to be whitelisted rather than the VPN server IP.

In any case, I don’t think the ReadyNAS Firmware offers an option for whitelisting IPs. Maybe you could look at your router rather than the ReadyNAS for IP-based access restriction.

However, I do like your request for this security feature although demand might be limited at least on the home user side.

Bye,
Eskender

I think the main issue here is that most people are getting dynamic IP addresses while on the road. And in the case of a VPN tunnel that is not terminating in the home there would need to be some clarify on which IP address is being whitelisted. So I agree that use of this particular feature would be limited.

Though there are some applications - particularly if you are wanting to access the NAS between two business locations.

Between two business locations I'd recommend a vpn endpoint router at each end.

mdgm wrote:
Between two business locations I'd recommend a vpn endpoint router at each end.

Me too. But I can still see that some people might want to white-list the rsync IP addresses.