Re: Others seeing my pc.

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In <udglh11v9fht1l5fec5hhkrbqphq44mqcb@xxxxxxx> Mr Nobody <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:14:29 -0500, Paranoic <fjd@xxxxx> wrote:
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>>I have an encrypted disk, wich I open daily to see the stuff that there is
>>inside... but Im am allways in fear, that someone might connect to my pc,
>>and see the files that are open or stored in that HD while decrypted... my
>>fear is such, that, I disable Internet connection while the disk is
>>decrypted, because, I allways belive that "they are seeing what I am.
>>
>>
>>I want to know if this is possible??? If so, how can I prevent people from
>>connecting to my pc, and viewing and lurking at my files.
>>
>>I dont use proxys, Im willing to learn how to use TOR, but I find it kind
>>of difficult, and I dont know if it works for this... Shall I better use a
>>firewall or something?? Im using windows XPSP2.
>
>Despite what the other respondents have said, I don't think there's
>any real danger of others seeing your HD, encrypted or not. You have
>to explicitly allow file sharing over the Internet with the XP
>firewall.

Which is ok if you're using XP, Living in win98 as I do, I choose to skip
the hardware firewall in favor of the combination of the primitive one in the
adsl modem and Sygate. It has the advantage of no extra $$$ required.

>Go Start>Settings>Control Panel>Network Connections and check the
>Properties of your Internet connection. Then
>Advanced>Settings>Exceptions. Provided File and Printer Sharing is
>unchecked, no-one should be able to access your HD.
>
>(If you have a home network and you want to share parts of your HD to
>other machines, you will have to do so without also sharing it over
>the Internet, but I don't know quite how you set up a home network.)

I use ICS with file & printer sharing enabled.....After I set a passphrase
on both the host machine and the client.


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