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D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Any vendor is going to reach a point where they no longer are willing to support older devices. So you have three choices:

Run with the vulnerability. This is incredibly stupid and I'd hope no one did this.
Replace the OS on any such device with something open source. Probably the best option for those who already own such a device.
Never buy a proprietary device in the first place. Unless you really, really need something the propriety device offers, a beige box running some flavor of 'nix is probably a better long term solution.

Ok, I guess there is a fourth option. Learn to enjoy that vendor bending you over every few years. This is what many businesses do and it can make sense. You just need to have lots of money.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

every few years

These boxes had almost a decade of support.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I object to your third point, it can be a sexy black box