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andrewas · 03-04-2003, 11:25 AM

If you have anything set to share on your LAN, then it will also be shared on the internet. This is because windows is bloody stupid.

Its never advertised on the internet of course (otherwise network neighborhood would be a lot busier), but scanners can still find those shares.

You want to go into network settings, and unbind file and print sharing from TCP/IP. Netbeui and IPX dont propogate over the internet (at lease IPX doesn't, Im not 100% on netbeui) so sharing over them is safe. Well, safer. If you still want to share things over the LAN (And if you dont then you may as well disable file and print sharing totaly) you will need to install the IPX protocols on all computers.

03-04-2003, 11:25 AM	#33
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	If you have anything set to share on your LAN, then it will also be shared on the internet. This is because windows is bloody stupid. Its never advertised on the internet of course (otherwise network neighborhood would be a lot busier), but scanners can still find those shares. You want to go into network settings, and unbind file and print sharing from TCP/IP. Netbeui and IPX dont propogate over the internet (at lease IPX doesn't, Im not 100% on netbeui) so sharing over them is safe. Well, safer. If you still want to share things over the LAN (And if you dont then you may as well disable file and print sharing totaly) you will need to install the IPX protocols on all computers. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />