Is MS stupid, or what?
Feb. 6th, 2003 04:02 pmApparently, the HOME version of XP has no security options with respect to file sharing. When you nominate a directory for sharing, it has NO security on it whatsoever-- no restrictions by password, or subnetwork, or remote host identity, or anything. If you share, you share with the whole world.
To get the kind of security people had on Win98, where you could password protect it or isolate it to users in a subnet, you have to buy the Professional edition.
Yech. More reason to stick with Linux.
To get the kind of security people had on Win98, where you could password protect it or isolate it to users in a subnet, you have to buy the Professional edition.
Yech. More reason to stick with Linux.
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