How to secure your Synology DSM

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Published 2018-06-23

How to secure your Synology DSM?

I thought of 5 fairly easy steps with step-by-step instructions you can follow and increase the security of your DSM.

1) Enable HTTPS 00:45
2) Change default ports 02:15
3) Enable and configure firewall 04:34
4) Get SSL certificate for your domain 08:42
5) Enable 2FA/MFA 20:39
6) Keep DSM and apps up to date 23:07

Let me know in the comments below if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.

www.allsecureit.com.au/

All Comments (21)

@Island16v 5 years ago

I was with you up to the point where you changed your certificate services. I'm still stuck with no SSL but the rest of the tips worked. Thanks
@humongouscorndog 5 years ago

i have seen so many partial tutorials for this, this is the most complete,a nd answered all the questions i had come up from the rest. great job
@DjNemes1s 5 years ago

Very useful and well explained, thanks!
@AFranco62 5 years ago

Thank you Calm voice and very informative . Synology should have you make all their videos.
@eljardas 5 years ago

I have a DS 918- ! This is very useful and well explained. Great Tutorial!!!
@wilikikilika 5 years ago

Great, easy to follow tutorial! Thanks for the assistance to a Synology newbie. Only critique I would add is please state when you are double clicking. I figured it out, but had to back up a few times to see what you did. That might aid novice computer users.
@adrianmadaras 5 years ago

Thank you for the lesson about secure Synology DSM.
@terryrodbourn2793 6 years ago

Thanks for us potential buyers that we can secure the product! Plus after the VPN server function!
@Mariuszen 4 years ago

For the 4th step, getting a SSL certificate, I went another route. I have a dynamic IP internet connection, and I use dyn for ddns, where I assigned a hostname for my synology. Next I used a free SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt. Works like a charm.
@SnowHarp 4 years ago

I am so grateful for your video, thank you Juraj. Nicely done :)
@2009luka 5 years ago

Thank you for sharing the knowledge
@frankkumar2631 5 years ago

Thanks, solid and very clear, thumbs up!
@chromewafer2224 4 years ago

Thanks Juraj, great tutorial!
@eric1sosmart 4 years ago

thanks a lot for the step by step instructions, was looking for this!
@wrightpc1215 3 years ago

Thank you, A great video easy to understand and follow much appreciated.
@mattsfraser 3 years ago

Great tutorial. My only issue is in order to get static IP I have to upgrade to a business account with my ISP. LIke others have suggested, I would just use a certificate from Let's Encrypt but I'm pretty sure that wasn't possible at the time of the recording of your video. That beings aid, good job in explaining as it helped me to understand how to secure my new NAS.
@ath3ris_ 5 years ago

Great stuff, dude. Thanks a lot. :)
@ultraman8899 3 years ago

Thank you and easy to understand. This help a LOT!
@FarmingFromAbove 5 years ago

thanks for helping me out! nice background music :)
@SteveGoodenough 5 years ago

Great guide, thanks. I'd suggest Authy instead of Google Authenticator - it lets you backup/restore 2FA's so if you move phones you don't have the pain of setting things up again.