Network Attached storage security on LAN?

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As long as you do not punch many holes in your Linksys router, NAS would be
fine, because it is passive (does not engage connections to public IPs).
But you should pay a lot of attention to your active PC's, especially those
running the most poular OS in the world. Once any of those get compromised,
your NAS is not secure anymore.

"jtsnow" <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:0pdOd.83631$Tf5.22994@lakeread03...
> I have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device on home LAN behind a
Linksys
> router (w/firewall) connected full time to WWW. The NAS is a backup
server
> that controls a USB harddrive and backs-up 4 PCs. The NAS is Linksys
NSLU2
> controlling a 250mb drive. I suppose this is the same issue with the
> Buffalo units and any device that acts as a server on the LAN. The NSLU2
is
> a Linux OS which I know nothing of.
>
> How do I protect the disk contects on the NAS from being seen or tampered
> with from someone on the WWW? Or is the firewall all I need? I not
worried
> about anything on the LAN, just access via WWW.
>
> Any opinions are welcome to understand my security risks here.
>
> Thank you!
>
>

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ok. good point. I keep on top of the other PCs and hopefully have drilled
into the kids heads about being careful. They have firewalls that are
password protected and only I can change. Also virus scan every day and do
Adaware and Spybot frequently too. So far no problems.

good tips thanks!

"Peter" <peterfoxghost@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:36t8g9F55i29oU1@individual.net...
> As long as you do not punch many holes in your Linksys router, NAS would
> be
> fine, because it is passive (does not engage connections to public IPs).
> But you should pay a lot of attention to your active PC's, especially
> those
> running the most poular OS in the world. Once any of those get
> compromised,
> your NAS is not secure anymore.
>
> "jtsnow" <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:0pdOd.83631$Tf5.22994@lakeread03...
>> I have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device on home LAN behind a
> Linksys
>> router (w/firewall) connected full time to WWW. The NAS is a backup
> server
>> that controls a USB harddrive and backs-up 4 PCs. The NAS is Linksys
> NSLU2
>> controlling a 250mb drive. I suppose this is the same issue with the
>> Buffalo units and any device that acts as a server on the LAN. The NSLU2
> is
>> a Linux OS which I know nothing of.
>>
>> How do I protect the disk contects on the NAS from being seen or tampered
>> with from someone on the WWW? Or is the firewall all I need? I not
> worried
>> about anything on the LAN, just access via WWW.
>>
>> Any opinions are welcome to understand my security risks here.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>
>

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Try this, it is better than Adaware or Spybot:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/softwa...

"jtsnow" <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news ueOd.83716$Tf5.76188@lakeread03...
> ok. good point. I keep on top of the other PCs and hopefully have
drilled
> into the kids heads about being careful. They have firewalls that are
> password protected and only I can change. Also virus scan every day and
do
> Adaware and Spybot frequently too. So far no problems.
>
> good tips thanks!
>
> "Peter" <peterfoxghost@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
> news:36t8g9F55i29oU1@individual.net...
> > As long as you do not punch many holes in your Linksys router, NAS would
> > be
> > fine, because it is passive (does not engage connections to public IPs).
> > But you should pay a lot of attention to your active PC's, especially
> > those
> > running the most poular OS in the world. Once any of those get
> > compromised,
> > your NAS is not secure anymore.
> >
> > "jtsnow" <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:0pdOd.83631$Tf5.22994@lakeread03...
> >> I have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device on home LAN behind a
> > Linksys
> >> router (w/firewall) connected full time to WWW. The NAS is a backup
> > server
> >> that controls a USB harddrive and backs-up 4 PCs. The NAS is Linksys
> > NSLU2
> >> controlling a 250mb drive. I suppose this is the same issue with the
> >> Buffalo units and any device that acts as a server on the LAN. The
NSLU2
> > is
> >> a Linux OS which I know nothing of.
> >>
> >> How do I protect the disk contects on the NAS from being seen or
tampered
> >> with from someone on the WWW? Or is the firewall all I need? I not
> > worried
> >> about anything on the LAN, just access via WWW.
> >>
> >> Any opinions are welcome to understand my security risks here.
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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very nice...what do I owe you  thanks!

"Peter" <peterfoxghost@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:36tb9pF515c58U1@individual.net...
> Try this, it is better than Adaware or Spybot:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/softwa...
>
> "jtsnow" <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news ueOd.83716$Tf5.76188@lakeread03...
>> ok. good point. I keep on top of the other PCs and hopefully have
> drilled
>> into the kids heads about being careful. They have firewalls that are
>> password protected and only I can change. Also virus scan every day and
> do
>> Adaware and Spybot frequently too. So far no problems.
>>
>> good tips thanks!
>>
>> "Peter" <peterfoxghost@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
>> news:36t8g9F55i29oU1@individual.net...
>> > As long as you do not punch many holes in your Linksys router, NAS
>> > would
>> > be
>> > fine, because it is passive (does not engage connections to public
>> > IPs).
>> > But you should pay a lot of attention to your active PC's, especially
>> > those
>> > running the most poular OS in the world. Once any of those get
>> > compromised,
>> > your NAS is not secure anymore.
>> >
>> > "jtsnow" <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> > news:0pdOd.83631$Tf5.22994@lakeread03...
>> >> I have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device on home LAN behind a
>> > Linksys
>> >> router (w/firewall) connected full time to WWW. The NAS is a backup
>> > server
>> >> that controls a USB harddrive and backs-up 4 PCs. The NAS is Linksys
>> > NSLU2
>> >> controlling a 250mb drive. I suppose this is the same issue with the
>> >> Buffalo units and any device that acts as a server on the LAN. The
> NSLU2
>> > is
>> >> a Linux OS which I know nothing of.
>> >>
>> >> How do I protect the disk contects on the NAS from being seen or
> tampered
>> >> with from someone on the WWW? Or is the firewall all I need? I not
>> > worried
>> >> about anything on the LAN, just access via WWW.
>> >>
>> >> Any opinions are welcome to understand my security risks here.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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jtsnow <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:0pdOd.83631$Tf5.22994@lakeread03...

> I have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device on home LAN behind a Linksys
> router (w/firewall) connected full time to WWW. The NAS is a backup server
> that controls a USB harddrive and backs-up 4 PCs. The NAS is Linksys NSLU2
> controlling a 250mb drive. I suppose this is the same issue with the Buffalo
> units and any device that acts as a server on the LAN. The NSLU2 is a Linux
> OS which I know nothing of.

> How do I protect the disk contects on the NAS from being seen or tampered with
> from someone on the WWW? Or is the firewall all I need?

Yep. Even a decent NAT router is fine for that too.

> I not worried about anything on the LAN, just access via WWW.

> Any opinions are welcome to understand my security risks here.

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Previously jtsnow <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device on home LAN behind a Linksys
> router (w/firewall) connected full time to WWW. The NAS is a backup server
> that controls a USB harddrive and backs-up 4 PCs. The NAS is Linksys NSLU2
> controlling a 250mb drive. I suppose this is the same issue with the
> Buffalo units and any device that acts as a server on the LAN. The NSLU2 is
> a Linux OS which I know nothing of.

> How do I protect the disk contects on the NAS from being seen or tampered
> with from someone on the WWW? Or is the firewall all I need? I not worried
> about anything on the LAN, just access via WWW.

> Any opinions are welcome to understand my security risks here.

Probably the first step is to understand better what you are doing.
There is no WWW you can be connetced to. You likely mean the
Internet, which is something completely different. Some basic insights
into the network technology is needed if you want to understand your
security situation.

Basically a firewall is useless, unless configured matching your needs.
If you configure it correctly, you can easily hide the NAS from the
Internet. However you have to understand what you are doing to be able
to do this.

Arno
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"Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:36ufbgF57f0osU1@individual.net...
> Previously jtsnow <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device on home LAN behind a Linksys
>> router (w/firewall) connected full time to WWW. The NAS is a backup server
>> that controls a USB harddrive and backs-up 4 PCs. The NAS is Linksys NSLU2
>> controlling a 250mb drive. I suppose this is the same issue with the
>> Buffalo units and any device that acts as a server on the LAN. The NSLU2 is
>> a Linux OS which I know nothing of.
>
>> How do I protect the disk contects on the NAS from being seen or tampered
>> with from someone on the WWW? Or is the firewall all I need? I not worried
>> about anything on the LAN, just access via WWW.
>
>> Any opinions are welcome to understand my security risks here.
>
> Probably the first step is to understand better what you are doing.
> There is no WWW you can be connetced to. You likely mean the
> Internet, which is something completely different. Some basic insights
> into the network technology is needed if you want to understand your
> security situation.
>
> Basically a firewall is useless, unless configured matching your needs.
> If you configure it correctly, you can easily hide the NAS from the
> Internet. However you have to understand what you are doing to be able
> to do this.

Nope, not with the average hardware router/firewall.