Below I will explain how I reduced the number of direct attacks on my Synology NAS by correctly setting up the GeoIP Firewall on the powerful DSM operating system. I blocked all geographical regions except for my own, my static IP and my subnet mask. Most brute force attempts come from outside my home country, … Read more about How to Set Up Synology Firewall GeoIP Blocking
We have all been confronted with various ongoing attacks on our Synology device, attacks which aim to breach through the SSH 22 open port. These attacks directed at our Synology device are called brute force attacks. A brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing correctly. The attacker systematically checks all … Read more about Synology SSH Attack: How To Disable SSH?
Below I will explain how I reduced the number of direct attacks on my Synology NAS by correctly setting up the GeoIP Firewall on the powerful DSM 7 operating system. I blocked all geographical regions, except for my own, my static IP from my ISP and my subnet mask. Most Brute Force attempts came from … Read more about Synology: How to Correctly Set Up Firewall on DSM 7
In this article I’m going to summarize the biggest differences between the two most popular brands of NAS. Synology is a Taiwanese corporation that specializes in Network-Attached Storage (NAS) appliances used for file sharing, virtualization, storage management, surveillance applications, Wi-Fi routers and more. QNAP, like Synology, is a Taiwanese corporation that specializes in Network-Attached Storage … Read more about Synology NAS vs QNAP NAS
Should you expose your Synology NAS to the Internet? Certainly, if you use the NAS as a web server. In this guide, I will teach you how to secure your Synology NAS once it is exposed on the Internet. Have you decided to host your WordPress website and show it to the world using your … Read more about Synology: Securing NAS When Exposing It to the Internet
Surely you have been advised in various Facebook or Reddit groups to change ports 5000 and 5001 on your Synology NAS for security reasons, so that hackers don’t know which are your Synology NAS entry ports. If you have set the firewall following my easy step by step guide and have chosen a strong password … Read more about How to Change Synology DSM ports 5000 and 5001