Re: XP network file appears with no owner
- From: "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcmaven@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:28:23 -0600
In article <4635c32a$0$90268$14726298@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Elko Tchernev
<etchernevnono@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Except it didn't work. This time I paid attention, so the sequence
was as follows: I downloaded a file from a web site, by clicking on a
"download" link and then selecting Save (instead of Open). (The browser
was Firefox). The resulting file appeared to have no owner when observed
from another network computer, and could not be accessed from the
network. Other files, downloaded by the same browser, but saved from
direct links with a right click and choosing "save as", are perfectly OK
and can be accessed without problem. Could this be a Firefox problem,
and not a Win network problem? What could Firefox do differently in the
two cases? Again, on the computer where they reside, there is no
apparent difference between the attributes of the two kinds of files.
What does "file appeared to have no owner" mean? What exactly do you
see that indicates that?
Perhaps the Firefox support forum can help:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38
BTW, Microsoft has dropped support for IPX/SPX in Windows Vista.
TCP/IP is the only available protocol for File and Printer Sharing.
Argh. One of the several reasons I use IPX/SPX for file sharing is
that it doesn't go across the cable modem at home, and doesn't go across
the routers at work, so I don't have to reconfigure the network settings
on the laptop every time. That will no longer be the case in a
TCP/IP-only environment, notwithstanding the fact that some of my home
computers are still Win95 and 98, don't have a firewall, and would be
protected by a single defense only - the broadband router's firewall.
If you use a broadband router, TCP/IP doesn't go across the cable
modem. Your computers have non-routeable private IP addresses, so
they're not accessible by other Internet users via TCP/IP.
I think its fine to protect Win95 and 98 computers with just the
broadband router's firewall. The 9x versions don't have the attack
surface and vulnerabilities that the NT versions do. For example, 95
and 98 don't run the services that the Blaster worm can exploit in
unpatched 2000 and XP computers.
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