I don't have all that much to contribute on this subject since I haven't =
been following it closely.=20
However, based upon a general understanding of security, it strikes me =
that the shared capabilities implied by Windows For Workgroups (or NT =
for that matter) are at the heart of the problem. If your personal =
computer is set up to allow others on your network to see what's on your =
hard disk, then that can be true for the whole world if your computer is =
directly linked to the world wide network of computers we call the =
Internet. Obviously, there are security and administrative measures =
that can deal with this. Also, your PC is pretty safe if you have plain =
vanilla Windows and you haven't added extra networking capabilities, =
such as being a file transfer (ftp) server. =20
Regards,
Norm
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