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Henkie
May 08, 2012Aspirant
How to securely connect to ReadyNAS NV+ v2? (SSH? FTPS?)
I'm about to get a ReadyNAS NV+ v2, which I will connect to remotely most of the time (I'll put this thing at home, and access it from my office). Therefore I would prefer to have a secure connecti...
Henkie
May 09, 2012Aspirant
OK thanks. And yeah makes sense, if I "rm -rf" my data, they can't undo that :)
Is it difficult to install this EnableRootSSH add-on, and (although the name doesn't seem to indicate so) can I also create other user accounts with SSH access? Or does it have to be root?
I'm actually surprised that there isn't a method of connecting securely built-in by default. This seems pretty basic functionality to me? Or is it just uncommon that I'm planning to access my NAS remotely most of the time? (i.e. over internet, rather than local network).
Is it difficult to install this EnableRootSSH add-on, and (although the name doesn't seem to indicate so) can I also create other user accounts with SSH access? Or does it have to be root?
I'm actually surprised that there isn't a method of connecting securely built-in by default. This seems pretty basic functionality to me? Or is it just uncommon that I'm planning to access my NAS remotely most of the time? (i.e. over internet, rather than local network).
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