DSM 5.1-5004 Update 2 – issues for some!
Synology recently released the latest version of their operating system/software DSM 5.1-5004 Update 2. I won’t bore you with the details of what the update fixes as it’s mostly minor stuff that had cropped up after their recent, more exciting 5.1 update. I will, however, let you know that many people including a coworker of mine are reporting that they are unable to access the web front-end after the update. My...
Synology DSM 5.0 ShellShock “safe by default”
So I was on twitter looking at some security stuff I follow and came across someone quoting Synology as saying that DSM 5.0 is “safe by default”. Here is a link to the Synology document. And here is the quote: The design of Synology NAS operating system, DiskStation Manager (DSM), is safe by default. The bash command shell built-in in DSM is reserved for system service use (HA Manager) only and not available to public...
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