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Evildave 
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 03:22 PM
Actually, my little Synology Diskstation had all kinds of internet file services available for it, which I configured to be accessible through dynamic DNS.
Still haven't quite got it working with VPN access of the rest of the network, but it can redirect my network traffic through it and bounce back to the internet just fine through OpenVPN or PPTP.
It supports WebDAV and FTP ans SSH and I even got my own internet attached subversion server running on it (it's just a linux box, at heart), which is my preferred way to deal with that 'problem', anyway. It makes it so much more convenient to sync my desktop and notebook work.
So it's a bit like having my very own 'Cloud' server. Except it's connected at home, where I have physical access to back it up, restore it, take it offline, etc., and there aren't a hundred or so strangers who can log in as 'root' and look at my stuff, or lock me out of my own data, or resell what I stored, or just casually hand it over to other corporate or government agencies. No monthly fees for a couple of terabytes of online storage, and I can add LOTS more.
The big caveat for this is, you really, really want a strong password on the password accessed services, and to set up your 'certificate'. Err on the side of paranoia. Set up the firewall and 'Autoblock'. I get about three or four IP rejections for repeated login attempts from various global locations every day. So in about a trillion years, someone might try a 32 character login that matches mine.
Though I have my own '4G wifi hot spot' thing, which is a bit better than trusting just any strange WIFI for connectivity, no matter what 'secure proxy' hoops you jump through to 'protect' your browsing, you're on the same LAN with a lot of strangers, and a typical computer is listening on a lot of ports it shouldn't be, and 'trusting' your peers a bit too much.
Still haven't quite got it working with VPN access of the rest of the network, but it can redirect my network traffic through it and bounce back to the internet just fine through OpenVPN or PPTP.
It supports WebDAV and FTP ans SSH and I even got my own internet attached subversion server running on it (it's just a linux box, at heart), which is my preferred way to deal with that 'problem', anyway. It makes it so much more convenient to sync my desktop and notebook work.
So it's a bit like having my very own 'Cloud' server. Except it's connected at home, where I have physical access to back it up, restore it, take it offline, etc., and there aren't a hundred or so strangers who can log in as 'root' and look at my stuff, or lock me out of my own data, or resell what I stored, or just casually hand it over to other corporate or government agencies. No monthly fees for a couple of terabytes of online storage, and I can add LOTS more.
The big caveat for this is, you really, really want a strong password on the password accessed services, and to set up your 'certificate'. Err on the side of paranoia. Set up the firewall and 'Autoblock'. I get about three or four IP rejections for repeated login attempts from various global locations every day. So in about a trillion years, someone might try a 32 character login that matches mine.
Though I have my own '4G wifi hot spot' thing, which is a bit better than trusting just any strange WIFI for connectivity, no matter what 'secure proxy' hoops you jump through to 'protect' your browsing, you're on the same LAN with a lot of strangers, and a typical computer is listening on a lot of ports it shouldn't be, and 'trusting' your peers a bit too much.
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