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Why encryption if there's already permissions?
Hi, I'm wondering why would I add encryption on a volume of a ReadyNAS RN214. What advantages would it give me? I did not check the recovery for admin password https://kb.netgear.com/22784/How-d...
Ok I understand how the encryption works on the ReadyNAS now. It's not bad but like you said, you'll need a USB key near at all times in case there's a reboot (blackout, firmware upgrade).
VeraCrypt would be better and I'm already using it on an external hard drive so I know a bit how it works but I don't find any information on how to use it with a ReadyNAS volume. I cannot mount the ReadyNAS in VeraCrypt. Know how I can achieve this?
The best way to use VeraCrypt with the ReadyNAS is toi run the program on your PC and just put the container on the NAS just like you would on an external drive. It is probably possible to install a Linux version of VeraCrypt on the NAS, but that's likely a lot more trouble with few additional capabilities.
Sandshark wrote:
The best way to use VeraCrypt with the ReadyNAS is toi run the program on your PC and just put the container on the NAS just like you would on an external drive.
Yes. The encryption is only known by the PC, and the encrypted data isn't on the PC, but on the NAS. Both devices are needed to access the encrypted data.
There are some similar options, including using Microsoft VHDs.
The downside is that these approaches are usually designed for single user acess. Another factor is that if the NAS is only providing block storage, these volumes are difficult to back up. ReadyDR should work efficiently, but the other backup protocols in the NAS will back up the entire volume when it changes.
Thanks for all this good information, in the end I choose the encryption with the ReadyNAS. It's still pretty good, if anyone's stealing it without the USB key, he'll never be able to read the data. Just don't tell the thief that I have a USB key hidden arround :)
There's a slight performance drop with the encryption that way but really not that much, I'm happy with the end results.
- Are you running a 214 for this observation?
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