I’ve just came back from China, Beijing, and had to find a way to work around the great firewall of China as I needed access to my email (Gmail) and other sites that I usually frequent. I did not want to spend money on a VPN service just for the short 2 weeks trip. I chanced upon Shadowsocks and it worked great for me. Continue reading
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DIY NAS – Basic Security: Firewall (iptables)
Now that you have learnt how to enable global access to your server, you should prepare your server to be ready for the outside world. There are many different measures that you can take to prevent your server from being compromised. One of the more “straightforward†methods is to setup a firewall. This tutorial will show you and guide you to do just that.