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True Crypt and NAS DuoV2
I have a RND2110-100NAS-v2 on my home (and work) networks. I have just started using True Crypt to encrypt (system drive) my desktops and laptops on my networks. I can tell you that I use it on a very "entry" level - not having that much familiarity with shares, permissions, and such.
What I now realized is that the NAS is sitting out there "ripe for the picking". I no longer have concerns over the privacy of any data on my computers, but the NAS is another story.
From bits and pieces I have read, it is not possible to encrypt the NAS itself, but rather to store information (in an encrypted form) on the NAS. My question is, will that data only be accessible on the one computer from which it was written, and not the other computers on the network?
What would happen if that particular computer "bit the dust", would I then have no route to retrieve the data?
How would I go about setting up a back-up of this nature? (short of a multi-chapter tutorial)! :)
THANKS!
What I now realized is that the NAS is sitting out there "ripe for the picking". I no longer have concerns over the privacy of any data on my computers, but the NAS is another story.
From bits and pieces I have read, it is not possible to encrypt the NAS itself, but rather to store information (in an encrypted form) on the NAS. My question is, will that data only be accessible on the one computer from which it was written, and not the other computers on the network?
What would happen if that particular computer "bit the dust", would I then have no route to retrieve the data?
How would I go about setting up a back-up of this nature? (short of a multi-chapter tutorial)! :)
THANKS!
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- TrueCrypt is x86/x64 only, so you will not be able to run it from your ARM based ReadyNAS.
What you could do instead is save your file-based truecrypt containers on the network share of your readynas. That would be exclusive access from a single computer.
If your other computers and devices in the network shall access the files on the truecrypt container now, you could share the truecrypt drive that's created on your computer when mounting the filecontainer via Network from your computer again.
Files are then stored encrypted on your NAS, but network traffic will run through your computer and then forward to the NAS.
If it's not about simultaneous access you can however mount the container file from every computer that can access the NAS. Mastacheata wrote: TrueCrypt is x86/x64 only, so you will not be able to run it from your ARM based ReadyNAS.
What you could do instead is save your file-based truecrypt containers on the network share of your readynas. That would be exclusive access from a single computer.
If your other computers and devices in the network shall access the files on the truecrypt container now, you could share the truecrypt drive that's created on your computer when mounting the filecontainer via Network from your computer again.
Files are then stored encrypted on your NAS, but network traffic will run through your computer and then forward to the NAS.
If it's not about simultaneous access you can however mount the container file from every computer that can access the NAS.
Thanks for the reply.
What does "ARM based" mean?
I will work on understanding what else you said... It's not that I have zero technical skills, it's that I really have only worked with the NAS to the extent that I plugged it in to my router and copy files to/from my computer.
Thanks again!Gatrnol wrote:
What does "ARM based" mean?
If you truly had a Duo v2 (which you don't) then the processor that NAS uses is based on the ARM architecture. The Duo v1 (which you do have) has a processor based on the SPARC architecture, and other ReadyNAS units use x86 architecture processors (like your PC)
The binary application files available from the TrueCrypt website only support devices using x86 processors, not ARM and not SPARC, and as a consequence your Duo cannot run the TrueCrypt applicationsphardy wrote:
If you truly had a Duo v2 (which you don't) then the processor that NAS uses is based on the ARM architecture. The Duo v1 (which you do have) has a processor based on the SPARC architecture, and other ReadyNAS units use x86 architecture processors (like your PC)
The binary application files available from the TrueCrypt website only support devices using x86 processors, not ARM and not SPARC, and as a consequence your Duo cannot run the TrueCrypt application
I appreciate your reply to this thread, though I am confused why you think that I have a v1 and not a v2? When I look on my unit there is a distinct v2 : "RND2110-100NAS-v2"
Am I somehow misinterpreting what "v2" means here?
Please clarify.
ThanksGatrnol wrote:
I appreciate your reply to this thread, though I am confused why you think that I have a v1 and not a v2? When I look on my unit there is a distinct v2 : "RND2110-100NAS-v2"
Am I somehow misinterpreting what "v2" means here?
Please clarify
A RND2110-200NAS is considered a v2 (-200NAS being the difference in model numbers). Probably the v2 on the back of your unit refers to a minor revision of some internal component but the specs are still the same as the original.
Yeah, it's a naming nightmare.Gatrnol wrote:
Am I somehow misinterpreting what "v2" means here?
Yes
There were 2 versions of the "original" Duo based on a sparc processor - not surprisingly differentiated by v1 or v2 in the serial number/name - that is the v2 you are seeing. The difference appears to relate to a component that went obsolete and needed to be replaced; there is no discernable difference between the 2 products to end users.
Then when Netgear released a completely new Duo based on the ARM processor they decided to formally call that model the "Duo v2" with the original Duo becoming commonly (but unsurprisingly) known as the "Duo v1" despite there being the 2 versions of that model (and despite the confusion that will obviously occur anyway when you have 2 different products but of virtually identical appearance that are only differentiated by a single digit).
The "-100" in the name signifies the original Duo whereas the new ARM based product features "-200" in the name- I learn something new every day!
THANKS
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