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<blockquote data-quote="Muldini" data-source="post: 473869" data-attributes="member: 46170">In theory, a server could be configured to be more selective about who is allowed to connect etc. That being said, it will be 10 times harder to set up than a usual &quot;ready to go NAS box&quot;, depending on your knowledge. The router (your internet gateway) is doing most of the work for you already, most routers are configured to let traffic out but not in unless requested by previous outgoing traffic. So that part (Internet -&gt; internal LAN) should be covered by your router.If one of your Desktop-PCs gets affected by a virus or something else, the router won't be able to help as those machine have direct access (as in LAN connection) to your NAS box / server already, they don't need to &quot;go through&quot; the router. Depending on how you set up access to your NAS box / server (like normal Login, certificates etc.) those viruses *could* spread onto the box/server as well. This is more a problem on the your PC side, though. They should be protected from the beginning by running a antivirus/malware software. It's users should be suspicious opening unknown files and the lot. Yet again, in such a case a server would help you, as you could even install a antivirus software there, but, it also would be a lot harder to configure than the NAS box.From what I read in your message there is no &quot;particular&quot; threat, but more a general security awareness. That's totally fine, but it shouldnt be _the_ (but a) reason for the decision for or against a NAS box or a server. There are lots of other things that you need to think about as well: electricity bill, noise, extendibility, time you wanna spend to set it up etc.I hope this helps you to figure out what to get <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Kind regards,Muldini</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Muldini, post: 473869, member: 46170"] In theory, a server could be configured to be more selective about who is allowed to connect etc. That being said, it will be 10 times harder to set up than a usual "ready to go NAS box", depending on your knowledge. The router (your internet gateway) is doing most of the work for you already, most routers are configured to let traffic out but not in unless requested by previous outgoing traffic. So that part (Internet -> internal LAN) should be covered by your router. If one of your Desktop-PCs gets affected by a virus or something else, the router won't be able to help as those machine have direct access (as in LAN connection) to your NAS box / server already, they don't need to "go through" the router. Depending on how you set up access to your NAS box / server (like normal Login, certificates etc.) those viruses *could* spread onto the box/server as well. This is more a problem on the your PC side, though. They should be protected from the beginning by running a antivirus/malware software. It's users should be suspicious opening unknown files and the lot. Yet again, in such a case a server would help you, as you could even install a antivirus software there, but, it also would be a lot harder to configure than the NAS box. From what I read in your message there is no "particular" threat, but more a general security awareness. That's totally fine, but it shouldnt be _the_ (but a) reason for the decision for or against a NAS box or a server. There are lots of other things that you need to think about as well: electricity bill, noise, extendibility, time you wanna spend to set it up etc. I hope this helps you to figure out what to get :) Kind regards, Muldini [/QUOTE]

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