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
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
A few days ago I accidentally overwrote my previous SHA key in my computer and, when I tried to connect to my Synology NAS using ssh, I got this message below in my Terminal Client: @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY! Someone could be … Read more about WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED
Did you ever come across this message when you were setting up the Firewall on your Synology NAS: “Your computer has been blocked by the new firewall configuration. The firewall configuration has been reset to the previous state. Please make sure that no rule is blocking your computer and try again.”? If you have received … Read more about Synology: Your Computer Has Been Blocked
I have come to realize that a lot of new Synology NAS users don’t know how to activate the HTTPS protocol. Are you tired of seeing your connection to your Synology NAS in the Chrome address bar is not secure? In the step by step guide I will try to explain to you how to … Read more about How Do I Enable HTTPS on My Synology NAS?