I am using a 2TB external hard drive connected to an Asus RT-AC87U.
The router can be accessed from the internet over FTP
with the right username and password.
My question is, that how secure is this connection?
I know that it is protected with the user/pass, but I am thinking of encryption. Is it possible for someone to intercept the connection and get the transferred data?
Also, how would it be possible to make it more secure? I know that there is a protocol called SFTP
for encrypted file transfer. Is possible somehow to use SFTP
instead of FTP
, or what other possibilities do I have to increase security?
In the routers menu I did not find anything related to security with the FTP
server.
You can have a look at the routers menu here: http://event.asus.com/2012/nw/dummy_ui/en/
EDIT:
The solutions I have got so far are way better than I expected, but to be clear about my whole concept here is that I can not really afford a server for 24/24 uptime. However I am looking for an easy solution for my users to be able to access parts of the share and be able to download/upload data in a more secure way. They are not that experienced; I even had to write a step by step guide for them to be able to map the share as a network location.
I would like to keep things easy for them but also as secure as possible.