Web URL Folder in My Network Places

Hello,

I have recently published a Web Site for my son using a free Web Host.
The Web Site has been written in Front Page and we had real problems trying
to upload it following the hosts instructions.
in the end the only way we could do it was to create a folder in "My Network
Places" to the URL for his home page, we have now got the Web Site up and
running.

The worry I now have is that I have a DSL connection and there is now a
folder in My Network Places to this URL, does this now mean that I have
opened up a connection to the internet which could be used for access to my
PC.

I am running Norton AV and Norton Internet Security.

Regards

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"It's best to know what your looking for before you start"

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Bill Harvey

View that folder (whose icon I presume is the one with the ethernet
cable beneath it and the "Internet globe" on it) simply as a "shortcut"
to an Internet resource. It is simply an easy/quick/graphical/user
friendly way to open a "client" connection to an Internet "server"
machine (whose "folder" you have access to). The "folder" itself is not
on your machine, it is on the server. The "Network Places" icon simply
points to it, and will create the client/server authentication
communication if you click on it. Creating this shortcut does *not*
turn your computer into a "server". Your machine remains a "client",
and will not start automatically accepting connections (which assumes,
of course, you did not ever install "Personal Web Server" or "Internet
Information Server" with any of your installs of FrontPage).

HTH

Bill Harvey wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have recently published a Web Site for my son using a free Web Host.
> The Web Site has been written in Front Page and we had real problems trying
> to upload it following the hosts instructions.
> in the end the only way we could do it was to create a folder in "My Network
> Places" to the URL for his home page, we have now got the Web Site up and
> running.
>
> The worry I now have is that I have a DSL connection and there is now a
> folder in My Network Places to this URL, does this now mean that I have
> opened up a connection to the internet which could be used for access to my
> PC.
>
> I am running Norton AV and Norton Internet Security.
>
> Regards
>
> --
> "It's best to know what your looking for before you start"
>
> E Mail
> Remove spam to mail
> Home Page http://bill_harvey.bei.t-online.de/home%20page.htm
>
>

Ralph A. Jones

Ralph,

Thanks for the reply I suppose if I had looked at the properties for the
folder I may have sussed that out, you have put my mind at ease.

Cheers

Bill H

"Ralph A. Jones" <rajones@SPAM_ME_NOT_AT_tconl.com> wrote in message
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> View that folder (whose icon I presume is the one with the ethernet
> cable beneath it and the "Internet globe" on it) simply as a "shortcut"
> to an Internet resource. It is simply an easy/quick/graphical/user
> friendly way to open a "client" connection to an Internet "server"
> machine (whose "folder" you have access to). The "folder" itself is not
> on your machine, it is on the server. The "Network Places" icon simply
> points to it, and will create the client/server authentication
> communication if you click on it. Creating this shortcut does *not*
> turn your computer into a "server". Your machine remains a "client",
> and will not start automatically accepting connections (which assumes,
> of course, you did not ever install "Personal Web Server" or "Internet
> Information Server" with any of your installs of FrontPage).
>
> HTH
>
> Bill Harvey wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have recently published a Web Site for my son using a free Web Host.
> > The Web Site has been written in Front Page and we had real problems
trying
> > to upload it following the hosts instructions.
> > in the end the only way we could do it was to create a folder in "My
Network
> > Places" to the URL for his home page, we have now got the Web Site up
and
> > running.
> >
> > The worry I now have is that I have a DSL connection and there is now a
> > folder in My Network Places to this URL, does this now mean that I have
> > opened up a connection to the internet which could be used for access to
my
> > PC.
> >
> > I am running Norton AV and Norton Internet Security.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > "It's best to know what your looking for before you start"
> >
> > E Mail
> > Remove spam to mail
> > Home Page http://bill_harvey.bei.t-online.de/home%20page.htm
> >
> >
>

Bill Harvey