Re: Security hole in file sharing (bug?)

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:13:32 -0700

Evidently sometimes we know more than we actually know.

I now see that I did mean now and not not :-) 

-- 
Roger
"Roger Abell" <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message
news:efNFUrDBFHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> not
> When will someone make a free context sensitive and
> aware spell/grammar checker for me !!
>
> -- 
> Roger
> "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:%23kZVDEDBFHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Now or not??  -- Steve
> >
> > "Roger Abell" <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message
> > news:uk08Xv$AFHA.608@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > > What you report is now what I have experienced.
> > > How is it that you performed your test?
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Roger Abell
> > > Microsoft MVP (Windows  Security)
> > > MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
> > > "Massimo" <barone@mclink.it> wrote in message
> > > news:%23LzUmk%23AFHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > >> I don't know if this has already been reported.
> > >>
> > >> I have a Windows XP SP2 computer, fully up-to-date with patches,
which
> > >> connects to the Internet through a dial-up connection.
> > >> In the network settings for the dial-up connection, I have disabled
the
> > >> "client for Microsoft networks" and "file and print sharing"
> components,
> > > and
> > >> I've also disabled NetBIOS on the TCP/IP settings. With this
> > > configuration,
> > >> I was quite sure my shares wouldn't have been exposed to Internet
> > >> users...
> > >> but I found, instead, that they are. Altough disabled, the file
sharing
> > >> services are fully accessible, and I was able to connect to them and
> also
> > >> use them (by supplying my username/password).
> > >>
> > >> What's happening here? Are not the connection-specific settings valid
> > >> anymore?
> > >>
> > >> This seems to me quite a serious bug!
> > >>
> > >> Massimo
> > >>
> > >> P.S.
> > >> I know I can activate the built-in firewall, or stop the server
> service,
> > > or
> > >> fully remove the file sharing network component, and so on... but I
> want
> > > to
> > >> know why I'm settings things right and they're behaving wrong!
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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  • Re: Security hole in file sharing (bug?)
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  • Re: Security hole in file sharing (bug?)
    ... Clearly the English language needs to be changed. ... "Roger Abell" wrote in message ... >>>> connects to the Internet through a dial-up connection. ... >>>> I've also disabled NetBIOS on the TCP/IP settings. ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Re: Security hole in file sharing (bug?)
    ... Clearly the English language needs to be changed. ... "Roger Abell" wrote in message ... >>>> connects to the Internet through a dial-up connection. ... >>>> I've also disabled NetBIOS on the TCP/IP settings. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Security hole in file sharing (bug?)
    ... "Roger Abell" wrote in message ... >>>> connects to the Internet through a dial-up connection. ... >>>> I've also disabled NetBIOS on the TCP/IP settings. ... >>>> I was quite sure my shares wouldn't have been exposed to Internet ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • Re: Security hole in file sharing (bug?)
    ... "Roger Abell" wrote in message ... >>>> connects to the Internet through a dial-up connection. ... >>>> I've also disabled NetBIOS on the TCP/IP settings. ... >>>> I was quite sure my shares wouldn't have been exposed to Internet ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)