Thank you for your interest in HipServ home servers. You’ll be pleased to learn that we at Axentra take security seriously.

Regarding your “security warning”: Please be aware that as part of our standard programming practice, we guard against SQL injection attacks. Also, please be aware that HipServ home servers can function well after setup without any connection whatsoever to the Axentra central servers. Naturally, only the HipServ features that rely on the Axentra central servers would be susceptible in the case of a successful DOS attack on them (for example, features such as the Dynamic DNS service). This situation is typical and consistent with best practices security on the Internet today.

We trust that with this information, you can see that your “security warning” about HipServ is unfounded. If you’d like more information about the security of HipServ, please feel free browse the HipServ Security FAQ (http://hipservforums.axentra.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9&p=22&sid=2cc8563c2dfa5fa3bc36182eef3957f1&sid=2cc8563c2dfa5fa3bc36182eef3957f1#p17) or contact us directly with any specific questions.

Sincerely,
The Axentra Team

This is not a self contained unit. When you create an account on it, it actually goes out to their web site to create it, and store your login information on their servers. (Block traffic leaving your router, create an account on this POC and watch the error you will receive; “HomeLaCie.com could not be reached to create your account.”) This, in my opinion, is a major security flaw considering if their servers ever suffer from a DoS attack, let alone SQL injection hacks, your device can be rendered un-usable.