Most of the websites you visit everyday are encrypted using HTTPS/SSL certificates, but DNS queries are not. This poses potential security risks such as outsiders eavesdropping on the domains you visit or even Man-in-the-middle attacks. Thanks to the DNS over HTTPS functionality offered for free by Google and Cloudflare, your Synology router allows DNS queries … Read more about Synology Router: How To Enable DNS Over HTTPS
How certain are you that your Synology NAS administrator password is a strong enough password to withstand a Brute Force Attack? 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 possible passwords and passphrases until the correct one is found. … Read more about Synology: How to Choose A Strong Password
Synology comes with three antivirus solutions for your NAS. The first solution is called Antivirus by McAfee and it has a free 30-day trial, after which you have to pay for it. The second solution is called Antivirus Essential and it’s free. Both packages can be downloaded via the Package Center. Both antiviruses have the exact same … Read more about Should I Install Antivirus Package On My Synology NAS?
PrivateBin is a minimalist open source web service that allows you to create a paste of your text output and bind it to a single URL that you can then share. It’s similar to Yopass and Password Pusher. This method is perfect for sharing private information inside a Facebook chat, WhatsApp chat or any other … Read more about How to Install PrivateBin on Your Synology NAS
Did you know Reverse Proxy can hide the existence and characteristics of origin servers? Reverse Proxy can transform HTTPS requests into HTTP requests and more. According to Wikipedia.org: In computer networks, a reverse proxy is a type of proxy server that retrieves resources on behalf of a client from one or more servers. These resources … Read more about Synology: How to Use Reverse Proxy on DSM 7
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 CloudFlare DNS on Your Synology Device