Hermione

[ffutures]

Stage one of the file server business is accomplished - I've bought the casing and tried it with an expendable drive, and after the usual messing about have it working, albeit not very useful since the drive is only 6gb. Since it's going to be packed with knowledge eventually I'm going to call it Hermione. Once I've checked prices from a few more vendors I'll get a drive - about 300gb is probably what I can afford for now - and put it on line permanently.

What I'm wondering is how I make it accessible from the network computers but protect it from external hacking. But doubtless someone reading this is already saying "is he thick or what?" and eager to tell me what to do...

Comments

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

OK - what I want at present is to block all access from outside, so it sounds like the default will be OK. Maybe I'll change the IP address for extra security.

The wireless part of the network is encrypted, so shouldn't be too much of a problem. I have no problem with anyone authorised to use the network accessing the files that will be on it - it's only going to be me and possibly one or two others.

[turol.livejournal.com]

The wireless part of the network is encrypted

WEP or WPA? Because WEP breaks way too easily, especially if you move around lots of data. Always use WPA or WPA2.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

WPA-PSK, which I hope is the same thing.

[saranjeuhal.livejournal.com]

Aye, that's WPA with a shared key, which is the standard. WPA is not only more secure but has less transmission overhead and breaks less easily for data correction. WPA2 is what you really want, but WPA over WEP any day.

[uk-lemming.livejournal.com]

Provided you use an IP adress of 192.168.xxx.xxx or 10.xxx.xxx.xxx (These are the most common private ranges, there are others, but I can't remember them off of the top of my head) you'll be fine - these cannot be routed to from a public IP, it has to be done through NAT and Port Forwarding. provided you don't have a DMZ option open, and pointed at 'hermione' then nobody should be able to see it.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

It's 192.168 something so hopefully OK.