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Can a 314 ReadyNAS get hacked?
I am really worried : A few days ago I had to have tech support to me brand new 314 readyNAS. I was asked for my password by the online tech and left it in tech support mode for 12 hours until the ...
That's frightening to think of really. For those doing remote backups (I was going to use my old NAS to do this from my office), does Rsync over SSH require port 22 opened up, putting users at risk? (or just port 873?)
Maybe a little off topic but relevant to hacking: I have been doing some reading on IPv6 (wondering what an earth that was!) and it strikes me that each piece of equipment in the world having its own WAN address is going to make it even easier for things like a crawler to cause mayhem. I wonder if it is worth disabling IPv6 - most home LANs are not likely to benefit.
Maybe a little off topic but relevant to hacking: I have been doing some reading on IPv6 (wondering what an earth that was!) and it strikes me that each piece of equipment in the world having its own WAN address is going to make it even easier for things like a crawler to cause mayhem. I wonder if it is worth disabling IPv6 - most home LANs are not likely to benefit.
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