Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server

Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by fulafel on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:47AM (#27576642)

Unfortunately this is also a recipe of dropping an unpatched unmaintainable Linux machine on the network to provide interesting security challenges in the future.

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by mattowen_uk on Monday June 21, 2021 @03:06AM (#27576969)

Aren't most dedicated home NAS units basically 'an unpatched unmaintainable Linux machine' also ?

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by Wronnay on Monday June 21, 2021 @04:17AM (#27577276)

I think most ppl here have something like a Synology which isn’t too bad with updates…

Of course, my Buffalo NAS can’t compete with that and got fewer updates than my old phone…

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by techrat on Monday June 21, 2021 @06:33AM (#27577888)

My Lenovo NAS, despite continuing to be sold well past when Linux Kernel v4.19 was released... is still on 2.6.32

It is no longer connected to an internet facing network.

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by BelenusMordred on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:07AM (#27576718)

Something like PostmarketOS is likely a better choice if it is supported for your device.

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by cookiengineer on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:31AM (#27576841)

For people that are not aware: ArchLinuxARM [1] is an unofficial Arch based distro for all kinds of ARM devices.

Using it for my router, firewall and NAS hardware - and can totally recommend it.

[1] https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by cunidev on Monday June 21, 2021 @03:09AM (#27576982)

postmarketOS has much more active mainline work though

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by outsomnia on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:20AM (#27576776)

Right, they are at least trying to use current, updatable kernels.

Vendor kernels are a continual security apocalypse that never ends.

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by atatatat on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:55AM (#27576929)

So...most Android phones?

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Re:Turn your old, cracked Android phone into a backup server by rustymatter on Monday June 21, 2021 @08:55PM (#27586688)

Why do you care if you don't open any port on the phone to the public internet? It should be fine running locally in your home network.

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