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rkruz

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January 10th, 2005 21:00

"Sharing" drive is excessive risk from WWW?

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​ I have a home LAN. 4 PCs connected to WWW full time via firewalled cable modem. Each PC has XP SP2 and virus scan and its own firewall. ​
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​ I want to back up all 4 PCs to one external HD that is run off of the main PC.. I would use the XP provided Backup utility. ​
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​ To do this I need to set the drives in each PC to "Share". ​
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​ Does this leave me more vulnerable to WWW mischief or not enough more to worry about. ​
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​ thanks! ​
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volcano11

28K Posts

January 10th, 2005 21:00

So long as you are behind a router, and you are not running an insecure wireless network, sharing is pretty secure.

Steve

rkruz

105 Posts

January 10th, 2005 22:00

thank good input.  thanks.  I ask becuase their are so many warnings from XP before you share the root of the drive.  In may case I am sharing the maximum on the drive that windows will allow...so that is short of the OS and Program Files folder and probably more I dont know about.

 

thanks for the tip

John_online

3 Posts

January 11th, 2005 01:00

You can  install IDS (Intrusion Detection System) e'g BlackIce Host based IDS. Where IDS can block all sorts of attack.
 
Firewall also works but sometimes may bypass security in Host based attacks.
 
Enjoy surfing...
 
John :robotvery-happy:

jayunsplanet

199 Posts

January 12th, 2005 01:00

Would you venture into Linux territory? Astro Linux is nice to use. Im running it on one of my old P2's.

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