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Is my NAS Secure?
Hello, I am Michael Barnes and have A ReadyNas Duo V2. I have just read the attached http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28707117 article about security. I am not that technical but want to make sure...
allow everyone, means allow everyone that has an account. Allow anonymous means allow anyone even if they don't have an account.
Your wifi should use a WPA2 key that is not a word or a combination of words, because main types of attack on this protocol use "dictionaries".
Port forwarding is a technique that a router use to provide remote access. Basically it means "if something comes on this port, you send it to this computer/NAS".
The root SSH is a function that lets you configure the NAS via command line.
The sharing protocols ticked is your choice, personally I use AFP for myself and have SMB for other people. That said, the choice was made because time machine uses AFP and that SMB is the common protocol for windows machines. If you run a non-OS X network then SMB should be enough for local sharing. After that, you have to know how you backup to see if anything else is required like rsync for example.
Your wifi should use a WPA2 key that is not a word or a combination of words, because main types of attack on this protocol use "dictionaries".
Port forwarding is a technique that a router use to provide remote access. Basically it means "if something comes on this port, you send it to this computer/NAS".
The root SSH is a function that lets you configure the NAS via command line.
The sharing protocols ticked is your choice, personally I use AFP for myself and have SMB for other people. That said, the choice was made because time machine uses AFP and that SMB is the common protocol for windows machines. If you run a non-OS X network then SMB should be enough for local sharing. After that, you have to know how you backup to see if anything else is required like rsync for example.
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