Maverickster
Occasional Visitor
Alrighty, here's my situation (this may be more facts than you need, but thought I should give them all). I know *how* to do everything I'm describing here. I just need a little guidance as to how to do it *securely*.
I have a QNAP 259 Pro NAS sitting behind a Netgear WNDR3700 Router.
On my home network, the NAS acts as my file server, media server, backup device (the NAS itself is separately backed up), etc. for the various network devices on my home network. Works great.
I would like, however, for the NAS to be accessible from the Internet so that I can have access to my files and media from wherever I am. Specifically, I'd like to use the QNAP's Media Station, Web File Manager, and WebDav functions (to map my shares as drives in Win7). In addition, I may eventuatlly want it to act as my web server and mail server.
In order to do that, I need to use my DDNS account and open the captioned ports on my Router. If I do that, though, it seems that the only thing standing between the data on the NAS (which is all of the relevant data in my life, really) and the wild, wild interwebs is my password.
As indicated, I understand the mechanics of how to do all of this, but my question is, how do I do it securely so I'm not putting the data on my NAS "at risk" (or, at least, minimizing that risk as much as possible).
Any suggestions?
I have a QNAP 259 Pro NAS sitting behind a Netgear WNDR3700 Router.
On my home network, the NAS acts as my file server, media server, backup device (the NAS itself is separately backed up), etc. for the various network devices on my home network. Works great.
I would like, however, for the NAS to be accessible from the Internet so that I can have access to my files and media from wherever I am. Specifically, I'd like to use the QNAP's Media Station, Web File Manager, and WebDav functions (to map my shares as drives in Win7). In addition, I may eventuatlly want it to act as my web server and mail server.
In order to do that, I need to use my DDNS account and open the captioned ports on my Router. If I do that, though, it seems that the only thing standing between the data on the NAS (which is all of the relevant data in my life, really) and the wild, wild interwebs is my password.
As indicated, I understand the mechanics of how to do all of this, but my question is, how do I do it securely so I'm not putting the data on my NAS "at risk" (or, at least, minimizing that risk as much as possible).
Any suggestions?
