TheLyppardMan
Very Senior Member
I’d just like to ask a few questions about my setup, that the experts on this forum would probably be able to answer very easily.
I have a Plex server running on my Synology DiskStation 218+ and in order to allow remote access I have had to add a port forwarding rule to my ASUS RT-AX88U router. So my first question is, does that pose a significant security risk and if so, would connecting to the router/NAS via the OpenVPN server I already have set up on the RT-AX88U provide any benefit or is it simply the fact that having any port forwarding rules on the router poses a security risk whether or not I am actively connecting remotely?
The other thing I wanted to ask about is whether using an alternative DNS server such as OpenDNS or Google would be a better option than using the default one provided by my ISP (Plusnet) and if so, why?
I have a Plex server running on my Synology DiskStation 218+ and in order to allow remote access I have had to add a port forwarding rule to my ASUS RT-AX88U router. So my first question is, does that pose a significant security risk and if so, would connecting to the router/NAS via the OpenVPN server I already have set up on the RT-AX88U provide any benefit or is it simply the fact that having any port forwarding rules on the router poses a security risk whether or not I am actively connecting remotely?
The other thing I wanted to ask about is whether using an alternative DNS server such as OpenDNS or Google would be a better option than using the default one provided by my ISP (Plusnet) and if so, why?