Access And Network Security; Exercising Parental Control - NETGEAR EVA8000-100NAS - Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000 User Manual

Access and Network Security

Use care when sharing media, and set up security in your home network
to protect your privacy and avoid unauthorized access to your photos and
media files.
When sharing media use the following precautions:
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When using a wireless network you should:
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Exercising Parental Control

To exercise parental controls to govern who can access some or all of
your media library, you must complete these three tasks:
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Share only the folders containing media files. DO NOT share your
main hard drive or any folder containing programs or personal data.
Share media folders on a read-only basis (do not allow others to write
to the folders.) unless recording to the folders.
For maximum security, consider a network attached storage device
dedicated to entertainment and media.
Use wireless security such as WEP, WPA, or WPA2. For more about
wireless security, see the link "Wireless Communications:" in
Appendix B.
Use a firewall or home router with Network Address Translation
(NAT), which hides your in-home systems from the Internet.
Use the Tag Tool to tag the media files you want restrict using the
standard entertainment industry ratings such as G, PG, NR, etc.
Put the media file in a shared directory on your network that is
password protected.
This prevents unauthorized individuals from accessing files from a
shared directory on your network.
Configure the Digital Entertainer HD in these ways:
– Change the supervisor password from the factory default.
This prevents unauthorized users from bypassing the protections
you will use.