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In general, there are always security risks whenever you open up a server to the Internet or an internal network for that matter. Which system is better and which has a security problem changes almost daily and if you read the alarmist writings in the trade press, you'll never do any business. The best thing is to keep up with the patches, especially the security ones, and monitor you system closely for attacks. The Windows NAS, with the appropriate patch levels, is not any more of a security risk than other solutions at present.
Normally, Internet servers do connect to NAS boxes but they are isolated from internal networks. A firewall is used to protect the internal network as another security layer.
Randy Kerns
Evaluator Group, Inc.
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