First NAS - how best to secure it?

Hi, I have just bought my first NAS, which will be connected to the web. The question arises how to best secure it.

On Wilders, I have found only this brief thread https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/nas-security.355736/

Synology (I have bought one of theirs) recommends this https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/tutorials/615#t1

I was wondering if anyone with experience would care to comment or add his take. Thanks

 

As I wrote there, run a VPN server on your perimeter router.

 

Second the VPN route as the best way to secure a NAS router and minimizes exposure to any backdoors introduced at the behest of government.
Technology such as OpenVPN is the best, very reliable and open source.

 

Thank you both for your replies.

@mirmir, I profess my utmost ignorance, even after browsing the net I am not quite sure what a "perimeter router" is. Am I to take it that what you are suggesting is setting up the Synology as a VPN Server? Or, are you suggesting to set up the Synology as a VPN client and then connect it to my external VPN provider?

How to set up the Synology NAS as the VPN Server https://www.synology.com/en-uk/knowledgebase/tutorials/459
How to join a Synology NAS to a VPN network https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/tutorials/523?lang=enu&q_id=523

 

"Perimeter router" is the router/firewall between your ISP modem and your LAN.

You run a VPN server there. Then you can remotely login, and securly access your LAN, and the NAS box connected to it. You can also access your ISP Internet connection.