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No access to shares after disabling SMB1 as recommended by Microsoft
Hi everyone, in view of the latest WannaCry/Crypt attack on 12 May 2017, Microsoft recommended to patch my Windows 10 OS and disable SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support. Check this link: ht...
On RAIDiator 4.1 and RAIDiator 5.3, they use versions of Samba that do not support SMB2. You will need to use the Windows tricks to re-enable SMB1 support.
On RAIDiator 4.2, it can support SMB2 but you may experience a performance hit that you could find unacceptable.
We can see about creating an unofficial add-on for RAIDiator 4.2 boxes that you can use at your own risk to be use SMB2. These devices were not meant to run SMB2 though. All of the RAIDiator boxes are older than 5 years. It might be time for an upgrade.
If you are really concerned, you can unofficially upgrade most RAIDiator 4.2 boxes to OS 6 at the risk of factory defaulting your NAS and putting your data back onto the volumes. Alternatively, you can upgrade to a newer ReadyNAS and use the old ReadyNAS as a backup (always smart to have multiple backups, which eliminates single point of failure).
I don't disagree with that assessment. But it will happen that folks have vectors on their network that could attack the NAS (Windows machines) and/or people may choose to (dangerously, in my opinion) expose SMB through their home firewall. That would substantially increase their attack surface, despite whatever functional benefits they may derive from this.
So, when deployed in a safe way, I'd agree wholeheartedly. But as we know the home environment often includes practices that aren't all that secure. ;) So having that SMBv1 hole plugged would be a really great idea.. in the event that someone may not be totally up on updates.
I think I read somewhere that Netgear was posting updates on significantly older firmware for the Samba issues, which I thought was awesome!
I think we both basically agree. We'll see if Netgear goes beyond just patching the CVE - hopefully they will.
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