Joe_Miner Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Anyone out there still using WHS 2011? What are you protecting it with (i.e. MalwareBytes?)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oj88 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Present! I have ESET Internet Security. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Miner Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 I've noticed that WHS2011 is still getting 2008R2 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomP Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Still going great !! I just use the Windows Defender but am open to better suggestions. Edited January 6, 2019 by TomP spelling mistake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailman1988 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 I'm still rocking my WHS 2011. Getting regular updates. No signs of malware infestations. Had to perform 2 different system restores in the last year due to SSD failures. Restore process is difficult on my win 10 pc's due to reboot to USB issues. I have had to resort to using an older pc to perform this function, using an external drive as my destination. Still in love with my WHS 2011 using DriveBender. 24T of storage with mirroring on my Lenovo TS140. This system just works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puulima Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 So if I want to setup an old Acer Revocenter (RC111) Home Server running WHS 2011 - but only as an "internal" (in-house use) backup server. Can I simply block ALL incoming connections in the firewall to lock it down from any external sources finding their way into the server? I've not messed around with Windows Firewall much in the past other than those standard popups that ask if I want to let a program have access. My concern is the lack of security updates...pretty sure those are a done deal for WHS 2011 at this point. So theoretically, there's nothing to update in Windows Update moving forward for WHS 2011? And if blocking ALL connections is the way to protect the Home Server - any other specifics I need to know/do? And/or are there other additional ways to do this/enhance this? Basically I'd have this WHS box acting as a backup target for the critical stuff on my main server. I also have several friends still rocking the same RC111 RevoCenter servers that aren't interested in upgrading the hardware - so if I can lock their servers down to keep their home network's safe - that would be good. Like I said, not a very knowledgeable firewall guy and have been googling how to lock a PC down - but haven't come across many articles specific to this need. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puulima Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 Guess these forums are pretty much a ghost town these days? Just some of us relics from the past hanging out...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrf Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 just us and the ad bots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Borges Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 8 hours ago, Puulima said: Guess these forums are pretty much a ghost town these days? Just some of us relics from the past hanging out...LOL to be fair, most of us have moved on from WHS2011 many years ago - so its sort of a dead topic around here I think if you know what you are doing and set it up well - you could still use WHS as an internal server safely This is more of a question on your network/router setup and making sure that the WHS2011 box is truly protected from the dark side of the web going forward, have you considered switching over to an alternative like FreeNas or openmediavault ? both are free and kept reasonably up to date. there is also a lot of love on this forum for the unraid server , which does cost a small amount for home use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puulima Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 On 7/19/2021 at 9:34 PM, Al_Borges said: to be fair, most of us have moved on from WHS2011 many years ago - so its sort of a dead topic around here I think if you know what you are doing and set it up well - you could still use WHS as an internal server safely This is more of a question on your network/router setup and making sure that the WHS2011 box is truly protected from the dark side of the web going forward, have you considered switching over to an alternative like FreeNas or openmediavault ? both are free and kept reasonably up to date. there is also a lot of love on this forum for the unraid server , which does cost a small amount for home use Yeah, I gave up on using WHS 2011 on the old RevoCenter. I don't know enough about networking to lock 'er down tight. I'm going to add another external box with 4 drives to my N40L which is running Windows 10 and do the backups there. Putting the RevoCenter (new other than installing 10 years of Windows Updates) on eBay/Kijiji/FB Marketplace. I'll take a look at FreeNas and OpenMediaVault - but assuming they are more of a NAS solution only? I currently have DrivePool & Scanner setup on N40L. Really liking how that's working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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