![]() ![]() Whatever works for you, but just remember you're the minority here. VPN "just works" with minimal configuration on remote user part. I have attempted the former approach, with firewall rules, - but finding those DHCP ranges and keeping them up to date turned out to be too much work: apparently Comcast of all providers likes to shuffle DHCP ranges from time to time. Done.Īnd answering your question - yes, that's precisely how I use plex myself and provide access to it to friends and family. Installing it requires two taps - one on email attachment and the other to install profile. Or write and deploy one configuration profile for on-demand split-tunnel VPN. ![]() With that the obvious way to accomplish safe access is to write elaborate firewall rules to whitelist your clients ISP and cell provider DHCP ranges and keep that up to date. There must be some firewall rules in place to limit exposure. Well, exposing application service to entire internet is bad idea period, regardless how up to date it is maintained. I don't think you understand how people use Plex While you're at it, you may have missed that Plex finally added 2FA support a couple of months ago. I've usually been updating whenever I get a notification but there are also scripts out there that can do it automatically. The plex web interface will notify you of new versions, but I know some people dismiss the notification or ignore it. Also you may be missing out on some of the newer features (especially if you have plex pass) like the skip intro for TV shows. I think there may have been some other security updates over the last year as well. ![]() Apparently there's about 40k vulnerable servers out in the wild. It appears that versions prior to 1.21 can be exploited for DDOS attacks in some situations. It will give you a warning about it not being verified but it's safe to install. Click the Manual Install button within package center to upload the file and update it. The current version available from Synology (1.) is about a year out of date. Plex Media Server rarely gets updated in the package center. ![]()
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