How to install a VPN server on NSA325-v2

Mijzelf

When everything works now there is not much point in upgrading to Debian. Theoretically you could get a more performant VPN (Wireguard is less CPU intensive than OpenVPN or 'SOCKS over ssh' (The latter 2 use the same encryption)), but as long as you only get 200kB/sec from the available 1MB/sec, there is some other bottle neck than the CPU.

Installation of Debian doesn't necessarily kill your data, but of course it's easy to do it by mistake. When you are really concerned about that, you should be aware that you should have a backup. Your NAS is not a magical box which keeps your data safe for eternity, but it's a piece of electronics with a mechanical disk, which will fail. some day.

Tomalamix

Hello all,

i have been using this SSH connection without any issues until a few days ago, I am getting this:

C:>ssh -D8080 xxxx@ssssssss.aaaaas.org
Unable to negotiate with xxx.ppp.ttt.ooo port 22: no matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss

I didnt change my PC neither the NSA firmware. Is there anything I can do?

Mijzelf

You didn't change your PC, but apparently it got an update ssh client, which by default disables this old protocol. If the ssh client is OpenSSH (-compatible), you can tell it to shut up:

ssh -D8080 -oHostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa xxxx@ssssssss.aaaaas.org

Tomalamix

Well, you did it again, it worked.

I hate this windows thing that I cant turn off updates which I dont want and made without my consent, I feel that I do not own my own PC.