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Reach NAS Outside Network
Hi everyone! I'm going to move with my girlfriend next week to a own appartment, but i'm going to be nice to my parrents and leave my NAS with them. (they using boxee to watch movies from nas) And...
dyndns no longer offers free accounts to new users. Users who already have those accounts can continue to use them (I am one), but new users need to pay. There are some free services still out there, but I don't recall which.
The ultra-2 doesn't let you enforce ftps, but it will accept both ftp and ftps connections. I agree that it is better to use ftps than ftp. The filezilla client I use supports ftps. There are two methods to negotiate the use of ftps - explicit and implicit. You'd need to configure filezilla to use the explicit method (since that is what the ultra uses).
Unlike xeltros, I don't use port 20/21 (which are the default ports for ftp). Instead I use non-standard TCP ports in the 49151-65535 range. I suggest 4 passive ports (which is what I outlined in the link I posted above). Use of non-standard ports is (in my view) slightly more secure than using the expected port 21.
ReadyNAS Remote is a VPN service you could also use, but the performance was a bit hit-or-miss when I tried it (some time ago now). You could set up both Remote and FTP both of course, and try them out.
The ultra-2 doesn't let you enforce ftps, but it will accept both ftp and ftps connections. I agree that it is better to use ftps than ftp. The filezilla client I use supports ftps. There are two methods to negotiate the use of ftps - explicit and implicit. You'd need to configure filezilla to use the explicit method (since that is what the ultra uses).
Unlike xeltros, I don't use port 20/21 (which are the default ports for ftp). Instead I use non-standard TCP ports in the 49151-65535 range. I suggest 4 passive ports (which is what I outlined in the link I posted above). Use of non-standard ports is (in my view) slightly more secure than using the expected port 21.
ReadyNAS Remote is a VPN service you could also use, but the performance was a bit hit-or-miss when I tried it (some time ago now). You could set up both Remote and FTP both of course, and try them out.
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