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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-320 => Topic started by: rhymo on February 20, 2014, 03:04:09 AM

Title: Solutions for secure methods of accessing Sharecenter from outside network.
Post by: rhymo on February 20, 2014, 03:04:09 AM

I currently have my Sharecenter at home plugged into the router and I'm trying to find the most convenient way to access, edit and add files from any PC I choose (am currently based in an office across town).

I've opened port 80 to enable access to the UI from a web browser but that's quite slow and not practical from a work perspective.

I've opened port 21 set up FTP via both Windows Explorer and Filezilla but am concerned about security (especially having been on the receiving end of a website hack that probably originated from FTP).

What would be ideal is to either set up a VPN or map the Sharecenter as a drive like I would locally. Are there any solutions that would allow such things?

I've googled this issue a fair bit but excuse me if I've missed a post on the issue. Any help is really appreciated.

Title: Re: Solutions for secure methods of accessing Sharecenter from outside network.
Post by: rhymo on March 14, 2014, 03:16:24 AM

Anyone got any thoughts on this? If it's a no-go, do say. Just wondering whether I should sack off the DNS-320 for a solution that allows full, secure access from wherever I am in the world.

Cheers,

Rob

Title: Re: Solutions for secure methods of accessing Sharecenter from outside network.
Post by: albert on March 14, 2014, 06:48:55 AM

You should be using secure HTTP if you want secure access from remote, just need to open port 443 in your router. But first you should be looking at your home broadband plan as if it has slow upload speed then remote access will suffer.

Title: Re: Solutions for secure methods of accessing Sharecenter from outside network.
Post by: rhymo on March 14, 2014, 07:47:49 AM

Thanks for the response, Albert - is that SHTTP(As opposed to HTTPS)? I saw that in the UI settings for the sharecenter but couldn't get it to connect. Opening port 443 might be the answer to that problem.

Title: Re: Solutions for secure methods of accessing Sharecenter from outside network.
Post by: albert on March 14, 2014, 07:58:26 AM

It should be HTTP Secure aka HTTPS protocol.