Re: why is sharing the root of a drive so bad?
- From: "Haggis" <zeddySP@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 16:21:17 -0300
"Randella" <randyprine@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There is nothing wrong with sharing the root drive. In fact if you
have XP pro you have a default root drive share of "C$". It's just
another annoying Microsoft prompt.
People might say that you could get viruses or some hacker might hack
into your root drive... Wah wah... you could get hit by a bus too and
the chances of being hit by a bus are far higher...
-Randy
Boris Borisovich wrote:
I have set up a network for my home office, and all works fine.
I would like to share files by just giving access to the data I keep on a
"W:" drive (where "W" stands for "Work"), so that I can access any files
on
that drive from any PC on my network. Every time I try to do this, I get
a
warning asking me if I really want to do this, and do I understand the
risks of sharing the root of a drive.
In the context of a home office (though obviously I do take the laptop
out
with me), is this something I ought to be worried about, or could I just
go
ahead and do it? It would be neater than having all the directories as
shared.
thanks
Boris
it all hinges on IF you get infected by a trojan , the hacker MAY have
access to your complete drive.
"they" recommend only sharing subfolders as required.
I have three computers at home sharing root drives ...(behind a firewall ,
which I recommend highly)
hth
.
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