• Members 716 posts
    April 25, 2023, 11:38 a.m.

    Right, for this method you need to have Synology photo installed. Simply navigate to the photo you want to share, open it, then click on the share icon in the top right corner. This opens up a sharing menu with all the preferences/permissions you want to set. Then click on the copy link icon, you can hit save down the bottom if you think you might use it again, then simply paste the address into your post.
    Like this andrewNASaccess.quickconnect.to/mo/sharing/EXFHyWlVi
    You can select multiple photos, Synology photo will create an album with them all in it, and generate the link for you
    Edit -if you do the multiple photo select, the share icon pops up down the bottom right corner, in red. With all the same options

  • Members 133 posts
    April 25, 2023, 1:06 p.m.

    Thank you!
    I have QuickConnect setup and a colleague is able to access via the Internet. He has read/write access to a directory of files I made available for him. It’s effective.
    But next I’ll try the Photo app, so clients can view photos I’ve taken without a login.

  • April 25, 2023, 3:47 p.m.

    What I would like to do is post a link in a forum and have it display a picture stored on my NAS. Much like Flickr etc.

    Alan

  • Members 137 posts
    April 25, 2023, 5:42 p.m.

    Safest way is to attach a USB HD to your router and share from there. That way all the other personal stuff on your Synology is still behind the router.

  • Members 1737 posts
    April 25, 2023, 6:04 p.m.

    If I were going to share locally hosted files on the 'net, I'd set up a demilitarized zone, or DMZ, for the file/web server behind my firewall, and keep outside incoming traffic restricted to the DMZ. But I prefer not to locally host such files at all.

  • Members 716 posts
    April 26, 2023, 12:18 a.m.

    I think you can get a bit carried away with trying to keep things secure. Look at internet banking. All that's protecting that is a username and password. Maybe I'm not seeing the big picture?

  • Members 1737 posts
    April 26, 2023, 12:49 a.m.

    You don't use multifactor security for your banking? I'd not take that risk.

  • Members 716 posts
    April 26, 2023, 1:10 a.m.

    No I don't. Probably should. Although, I have used internet banking for the last 25 years at a guess, with zero issues. Always a first though.
    What does amuse me no end though, is the number of failing female celebrities that get "hacked" And it's always, yes, every single time, that their nudie shots get "stolen" Strange coincidence that 🤣🤣🤣

  • Members 457 posts
    April 26, 2023, 1:24 a.m.

    I would change the bank if it allows access only with a username and password from any location.

  • Members 716 posts
    April 26, 2023, 1:30 a.m.

    Why? It's probably there in this day and age, I've just not bothered to go looking. My password is not written down anywhere, it would be easier for them to steal my identity and go that route.

  • Members 1737 posts
    April 26, 2023, 1:37 a.m.

    At least you're consistent. If I felt the way you do about security, I probably wouldn't even use a firewall. I have insecure and secure WiFi networks so that guests don't use the secure one. I wouldn't do that, either, if I felt like you.

  • Members 457 posts
    April 26, 2023, 2:17 a.m.

    It is easy to steal the password as you type it.

  • Members 716 posts
    April 26, 2023, 2:25 a.m.

    If that were the case, wouldn't I have had some sort of issues by now, considering I've travelled and used internet banking in some pretty dodgey countries over the years? What am I missing here?

  • Members 457 posts
    April 26, 2023, 2:31 a.m.

    You are tempting fate. However, it’s your bank account.

  • Members 38 posts
    April 26, 2023, 2:43 a.m.
    1. Set up DDNS (kb.synology.com/en-us/DSM/help/DSM/AdminCenter/connection_ddns?version=7).
    2. Set up a website with the NAS and host the file you want there (kb.synology.com/en-us/DSM/tutorial/How_to_host_a_website_on_Synology_NAS)
    3. Set up your internet router so that ingress HTTP traffic to certain port (say, to TCP/8080) is forwarded to the web server above
    4. voilà
  • Members 1737 posts
    April 26, 2023, 3:22 a.m.

    I've been driving for a long time, and I haven't been killed in an auto accident yet. But I still buckle my seatbelt when I get in a car. Different people have different risk tolerance.

  • Members 716 posts
    April 26, 2023, 3:30 a.m.

    Absolutely. No argument from me. Some people refuse to ride motorcycles, ride bicycles, drive fast cars, drink beer, travel to off the beaten track destinations, dive into new relationships, try new cuisine, all those types of things that make life interesting and can bring some of life's greatest pleasure. Life is for living. Not just surviving

  • Members 457 posts
    April 26, 2023, 3:46 a.m.

    When I go on a racetrack with my car, I put my seatbelt and helmet on. I assume you do not.
    Like in finance, it is all about risk management: you eliminate risks that do not bring any rewards.