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Is it safe to continue using ReadyNas?
Hello. I am a ReadyNAS 212 user. Netgear appears to have exited the Home NAS business. How long will support continue for sold products? Are there any security concerns if I continue to use Re...
I think the question here is will the ReadyNAS products be supported as far as firmware updates in the foreseeable future?
Once NETGEAR stops providing firmware updates our hardware is no longer safe to use unless isolated on the local network.
You're not going to get an honest answer from the current crop of forum mods. It looks like Netgear has contracted out to a third-party service that just adds cut-and-paste stock responses to threads that seem critical of the company's handling of the ReadyNAS line.
The ReadyNAS OS codebase (Debian "Jessie") was first released in 2015 and was superseded in 2018. Debian has since removed Jessie from its security repository. So, at this point, the only "safe" thing about the ReadyNAS line is the hope that it's so old and niche that malicious actors wouldn't waste their time developing exploits for it.
FWIW, Netgear has back-ported security patches in the past, so the archive of Jessie doesn't necessarily mean that security updates will stop. Back in 2017, Netgear provided email notification (and forum news) that firmware updates would stop for 4.x and 5.x systems. I'd expect they will do the same thing here before the final firmware release (whenever that turns out to be).
My own ReadyNAS are not exposed to the internet, and I am planning to continue using them as long as they provide reliable storage.
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