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I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
from the internet.

<> wrote in message
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> I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
> from the internet.

You put the machines behind a NAT router. It's as simple as that.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

You secure the Share with using the Authenticated User Group on shares. If
XP Home, you can disable Simple File Sharing in Safe Mode so can get to the
Share Permissions Button, which are different permissions than folder
permissions using the Security Tab.

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articl...ychecklist.htm

Duane

Get behind a router, first and foremost. And make sure that *only* the machines
you specify have permissions to connect to the others.

"Those are General First Rules."

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:44:06 GMT, wrote:

>I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
>from the internet.

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<> wrote in message
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> I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
> from the internet.

Paul

The 'best' way is to never connect the machine with the shared drives to the
Internet.

Other than that there is a wide range of measures you could take.
Some measures may have little effect on their own, but in combination with
other measures your shared folders can be protected reasonably well.

A selection of possibilities are:

Passwords on shared folders.
Software and or Hardware Firewalls.
Install an Internet only machine.
Anti Virus, Anti Spyware, Rootkit removers and other 'Anti' software.
Keeping your computer fully patched with the manufacturers updates.
Creating a DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone)
Running a more secure Operating System.
Using restricted rights user accounts.
and so on.

Try Google for ideas eg
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta=


Precise answers will of course depend on what machinery / software you are
using, how you connect to the Internet, how much you want to spend, and
(most importantly) what 'your' perception of 'securing home network drive
shares' is.

Best luck
Paul.

On 2006-04-05, PC <> wrote:
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><> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
>> from the internet.
>
> Paul
>
> The 'best' way is to never connect the machine with the shared drives to the
> Internet.

Well, one could put a 'router' in front of the "machine with the shared
drives" and it it might end up that that "never connect the machine with the
shared drives to the Internet" might 'magically' turn into "the machine with
the shared drives is connected to The Internet", safely, I add.
[snip}
> A selection of possibilities are:
>
> Passwords on shared folders.

Gee, what's the point of 'sharing', then?

> Software and or Hardware Firewalls.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You answered your own question but didn't change your 'lead in'?

> Install an Internet only machine.

What is this?

> Anti Virus, Anti Spyware, Rootkit removers and other 'Anti' software.
> Keeping your computer fully patched with the manufacturers updates.

Give me a break...

> Creating a DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone)

So that when you give bad advice you can try to 'move that way'?

> Running a more secure Operating System.

CHOKE! [coffee splash...using my shirt to finally find my screen, thank God
I missed my keyboard on that one (well, 'you know', "one screen, "SO MANY"
key pads...)

> Using restricted rights user accounts.
> and so on.

Also known as something like 'user accounts'

[snip blah blah blah]

> Precise answers will of course depend on what machinery / software you are
> using, how you connect to the Internet, how much you want to spend, and
> (most importantly) what 'your' perception of 'securing home network drive
> shares' is.

What is *this* crap? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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> I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
> from the internet.

Not sharing them.

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> I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
> from the internet.

Use a router.



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On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:19:10 -0500, Mara
<> wrote:

>Get behind a router, first and foremost. And make sure that *only* the machines
>you specify have permissions to connect to the others.
>
>"Those are General First Rules."
>
>On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:44:06 GMT, wrote:
>
>>I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
>>from the internet.


where would I set that? in the router's control panel? Would that
mean I put the IP addresses of my networked computers in a 'trusted'
list?

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:24:41 GMT, "Chadwick Stone©"
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>> I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
>> from the internet.
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>Not sharing them.


how should I copy files between computers?

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> On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:24:41 GMT, "Chadwick Stone©"
> <chad_stone@127.0.0.1> wrote:
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>>> I'd like to know the best way of securing home network drive shares
>>> from the internet.
>>
>> Not sharing them.
>
>
> how should I copy files between computers?

SFTP. Google for OpenSSH.

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