Build-Example for small OMV with web-connection?

I would guess another HP N40L would work, though I would be much more concerned about security of the LAN and all the computers attached. Because if a bot or something broke into the FTP server connected to the net they could conceivably gain access to all of the machines on the LAN through what is known as island hopping.

Take a look at this. While it talks about protecting the parents from the kids, think of the kids as the ftp server. The set up is involved and in particular how to get the parents/main LAN side to talk to the kids/ftp side. Security is no simple thing.

Just as a sidenote: dyndns is no longer free. noip offers similar services for free (for the time being, at last). And there are many other free dynamic dns services available, still.

If you are concerned about security, don't use FTP, but run a SSH/SCP server. You can transfer files just like over FTP, but SSH is much more secure. Plus you can use certificates and keyfiles for authentication instead of passwords.
Plus there is a technique called "chroot jail" that will only allow access to certain files/folders through SSH. This way even if the account is compromised, the whole server isn't (at least when done correctly... )

hi fizze,

the last time I checked the chroot jail under debian wasn't secure at all.
Did this change lately?

Greetings
David

PS: A friend recommend chroot years ago to me. I could break out with a simple cd, but we could never solve where the problem was...

Could the problem be the shell given to the user allowed to access the FTP server?

Well, I don't know which shell we used but we tried to chroot some program or daemon (not ftp in particular, but I know proftpd uses chroot too). I think it wasn't bash but some more simple shell, but I could just cd /etc/ or so to get into the real environment.

Greetings
David

bitfenix Prodigy
bitfenix Prodigy M

Greetings
David

Yeah, a mini-ITX with a low power consuming CPU like the Asus M45 I use in my home NAS, passively cooled. The Bitfenix Prodigy is a very good case, but a little over-powered for a small NAS with the given requirements. A small case like these Rye suggested will do it. If you can put your hands on two 2,5" disks, use them. A small one for the OS and a bigger one for the data, these disks do not get too hot and they consume less power than a 3,5" one.

I just don't know if it is possible to run vsftpd on a OMV box, but if it is possible I would use it. For my employer I have build a virtualized FTP server running on Fedora using vsftpd with virtual users only, all jailed in their own root. They do not have a shell and the OS does not know about them. IMHO one of the securest ways.

A case smaller than the N40L is going to be hard to find, as the Prodigy is bigger and this Cooler Master is probably close to the same size.