Re: Safety in hotel hotspots
From: Jeff (jeff_at_phony.com)
Date: 03/19/05
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:20:47 -0500
> Turn off File & Printer Sharing. From the Network Connections applet
> in Control Panel, right-click on your Local Area Connection. You will
> be able to uncheck the box next to File & Printer Sharing there. You
> can turn it on again after you get back home.
Thank you for replying. That makes sense.
Should I not be doing this in the Wireless Network Connections rather than
the Local Area Connections? What I described above was in my wireless setup
and my hotel connections are usually wireless.
-- Jeff Stevens Email address deliberately false to avoid spam jeff@stevens.com Malke wrote: > Jeff wrote: > >> When I travel with my laptop I sometimes link to the internet using >> the hotel room's hotspot. I have ZoneAlarm and Antivirus on my laptop >> and nothing is visible for my laptop in its "My Network\...." except >> >> "Printers and Faxes" and >> "Scheduled Tasks", which only contains a "Add Task wizard". >> >> These two are visible only on the laptop itself, but do not appear >> when I >> view the laptop on my home network. The only thing about the laptop >> that appears elsewhere on my wireless home network is the laptop's >> name. Because, "Printers and Faxes" and "Scheduled Tasks" are visible >> within the laptop's "My Network" where nothing else of the laptop >> files is visible, I am not sure it that means they are somehow shared >> on an open network which gives me some concern. >> >> Questions: >> 1. I never have any printers directly attached to my laptop (I print >> on network printers at home). But I can find no way to _Un Share_ >> "Printers and Faxes". Is it necessary to do so? How? >> >> 2. Same question concerning "Scheduled Tasks". >> >> 3. What else can I do to maintain security on my laptop when I use it >> to link to open hotel hotspots? >> >> Thanks. >> > Turn off File & Printer Sharing. From the Network Connections applet > in Control Panel, right-click on your Local Area Connection. You will > be able to uncheck the box next to File & Printer Sharing there. You > can turn it on again after you get back home. > > Malke
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