Configuring Web Services
Web Services include Web Access, FTP Services, UPnP Port Forwarding and NFS Service.
The following is a brief description of these services:
- Web Access: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the most common way that data files
are accessed on the Internet. You can set your Seagate NAS to use HTTP or HTTPS
(HTTP over Secure Socket Layer (SSL)). HTTPS requires that you have set SSL on the
NAS. For more information, see “Add an SSL Certificate and Key to the Server” on
page 25.
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a common way to send and receive files over the Internet.
The Seagate NAS allows users to transfer files to and from the NAS using FTP, either
anonymously or with administrator-assigned access and credentials. You can add a level
of security when transferring data using FTP by enabling the Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols. For more information, see “Add an SSL
Certificate and Key to the Server” on page 25.
- If your router supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), you can set up UPnP port
forwarding. UPnP makes it easier to integrate devices into your Seagate NAS network.Customizing Your Seagate® NAS Adding Additional Security to Your Seagate NAS
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Note: UPnP is generally done without authentication; it's possible that someone could use UPnP
to open ports into a network they have already breached.
- NFS (Network File System) lets all users on a network share files that are stored on
different types of computers. You must enable NFS if you have set up a virtual machine
environment with the Seagate NAS as allocated space.
