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Synology: How to Enable DoS Protection on Your Router

9 December 202210 January 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

DoS (Denial of Service) attacks bombard a computer system with numerous requests exceeding the target’s capability. The attacked computer may miss important data/service requests (e.g. email messages) from outside, and suffer from limited Internet bandwidth and system resources. Denial of service is typically accomplished by flooding the targeted machine or resource, in our case the … Read more about Synology: How to Enable DoS Protection on Your Router

Synology: Pi-hole Docker Version 5.8.1

26 August 202210 January 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

At the beginning of January 2022 Pi-hole released version 5.8 of their product and, immediately after, version 5.8.1. You can install it for free on your Synology NAS using my handy guide. Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole, and optionally a DHCP server, intended … Read more about Synology: Pi-hole Docker Version 5.8.1

How to Enable DoS Protection on Synology NAS

6 August 20223 January 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

A DoS (denial of service) attack is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to the Internet. Denial of service is typically accomplished by flooding the targeted machine or resource, in our case … Read more about How to Enable DoS Protection on Synology NAS

How to Set OpenDNS on Your Synology Device

16 June 20222 January 2022 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

The Domain Name System (DNS) protocol is an important part of the web’s infrastructure, serving as the Internet’s phone book: every time you visit a website, your computer performs a DNS lookup. Complex pages often require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading, so your computer, mobile phone, Synology NAS may be performing hundreds of … Read more about How to Set OpenDNS on Your Synology Device

Synology: Pi-hole Docker Version 5.7

26 August 202223 December 2021 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

At the end of October 2021 Pi-hole released version 5.6 of their product and today, 2 days before Christmas, another version 5.7 was released to the public which you can install for free on your Synology NAS using my handy guide. Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as … Read more about Synology: Pi-hole Docker Version 5.7

Synology DSM 6.2 Will Be Supported Until June 2023

19 July 202322 December 2021 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Many people are unaware that support for DSM 6.2 will end in a year and a half, and the countdown starts at the beginning of January 2022. So if your NAS supports DSM 7, my advice is to upgrade to the new DSM 7.2 version without hesitation, and a new world will unravel in front … Read more about Synology DSM 6.2 Will Be Supported Until June 2023