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Jaap_van_Ekris
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Jun 10, 2012

Is the firewall on the ReadyNAS far below acceptable level?

Hi All, I'm installing a ReadyNAS Pro 6, that will have "some" connections to the outside world. Given that this essentially is a Linux box, and SSH-access is possible, i figured it had some decent...
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Jaap_van_Ekris
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Jun 11, 2012
Hi Chirpa,

Thanks for your response.
chirpa wrote:
99% of the users out there would never need these. GPL sources are available, you could compile those additional modules if you really need them.
I have some questions on this:
  • Wont that kill any upgrade path through the regular updates of Netgear?
  • Is there any manual and config for this (all I can find is people reporting what not to do with old hardware, like this thread: viewtopic.php?f=35&t=29947)?


Jaap

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