On 10 Jun 2002, at 13:10, Dennis Mixon wrote:

> I've been warned several times not to use File and Print Sharing
> for Microsoft Networkds on my WIN2K Server if I use a Broadband
> Modem (Cable Modem).
>
> Shoud I be using another method to share files to WIN2K Pro
> Clients? Also, where might I go to learn how to configure
> application sharing with WIN2K Pro users?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dennis Mixon

  Do you really want to share your files with everyone on the
Internet?  The folks who've been warning you assumed not.

  If you need to use it locally, you could bind it to (only!) some
other protocol than TCP/IP, such as NetBEUI or IPX.  Of course, to do
that, you'd have to have the additional protocol installed on all the
machines that you want to share amongst.
  Another approach is to install a firewall, or configure your
router, to block access to these services from outside.

  If you really intend to share files with friends on the Internet,
and FTP isn't workable, then your best bets are:

1.  Tweak the router/firewall to only allow connections to these
services from specific IP addresses.  (If your friends don't have
static addresses, you will come to hate this.)

2.  Set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network), so that authenticated
users can be treated as local.

David Gillett

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