Auto Block

The auto block feature helps improve the security of your DiskStation by blocking the IP addresses of clients with too many failed login attempts. This helps reduce the risk of accounts being broken into using brute-force attacks.

You can also create and manage an allow list to add IP addresses that you trust, or a block list to always prevent certain IP addresses from logging in.

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To enable auto block:

  1. Open Control Panel and go to Security > Auto Block.
  2. Tick Enable auto block.
  3. Enter a number of failed login attempts in the Login attempts field and a number of minutes in the Within (minutes) field. An IP address shall be blocked when it exceeds the number of failed login attempts within the specified number of minutes.
  4. Tick Enable block expiration and enter a number to remove a blocked IP address after the specified number of days.
  5. Click Apply to save settings.

Managing Block List

Click Allow/Block List, and go to the Block List tab.

To add IP addresses:

Choose either of the following from the Create drop-down menu:

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To import a file, the file must meet the following criteria:

To remove blocked IP addresses:

Select the IP addresses you want to remove from the list and click Remove.

Managing Allow List

Click Allow/Block List, and go to the Allow List tab.

To add IP addresses:

Choose either of the following from the Create drop-down menu:

Note:

To import a file, the file must meet the following criteria:

To remove IP addresses:

Select the IP addresses you want to remove from the list and click Remove.

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