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MollyBloom
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 Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:40 am Post subject: sharing the network at work: safe? |
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| I am connected to the internet at my work. I am not connected, however, to the network. If I am connected to the shared docs on other computers, for instance the ones that keep the grades, can my school get into my computer? If I am connected to the network, is there some way of blocking other netork users from being able to see the files in my computer? |
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ernie
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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i'm no expert but...
if you're on the internet, then you are on their network... you might not be able to access other computers in your school (because they are protected from the outside internet... and you) but that doesn't mean that you aren't going through them to get to the internet... anything that you transfer in or out from your school can be monitored by them and traced back to you because it's THEIR connection...
i believe that the files on your computer are private, and would not be accessible by your employer in this case (unless you choose the "sharing" option)... you are the owner of the hard drive, so the files are yours... |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I would say if you ever connect your computer to a Korean computer in any fashion (network, plugging in your usb drive, opening a file that has been on a Korean computer, whatever), make sure you have a firewall (like zonealarm) and a virus scanner that is up to date. Koreans click on and install everything they see. |
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lowpo
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| I would say if you ever connect your computer to a Korean computer in any fashion (network, plugging in your usb drive, opening a file that has been on a Korean computer, whatever), make sure you have a firewall (like zonealarm) and a virus scanner that is up to date. Koreans click on and install everything they see. |
Also be carefull about paying bills at work. Last year I didn't have a computer at home, so I paid my bills at work. I noticed that someone was trying to get into one of my credit card accounts. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks y'all! |
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ernie
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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paying bills or putting your credit card number online (in ANY situation, in ANY country, with whatever security setup you can imagine) has got to be the stupidest thing i can think of doing...
especially since you can simply go to THE BANK, type in the recipient's account number and pay it there! |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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If you are worried about people seeing what you do you can pay for a VPN from one of many providers on the internet.
If you have shared folders on your computer they could be accessed by other people.
As far as firewalls go for a windows user Commodo Firewall is the best free firewall available. |
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nick_shawyer
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| ernie wrote: |
paying bills or putting your credit card number online (in ANY situation, in ANY country, with whatever security setup you can imagine) has got to be the stupidest thing i can think of doing...
especially since you can simply go to THE BANK, type in the recipient's account number and pay it there! |
i do it all the time, but i think the computer is dodgy i won't. In any case. it is actually safe and you are just scaremongering. If someone was able to get ahold of your details then your bank will just simply refund the fraudulent activity to my account so i would not lose any mooney. Plus with my bank account i have a pass code but they never ask me to put the entire pincode they ask for a combination of 3 of the 7 characters in my pass code which changes everyytime i log in, so if someone was to record my information they still wouldn;t have what is need to access my account the next time.
In actual fact it is more risky to to use an ATM because of the threat of my card being read and cloned by an external device than accessing my bank account online, but that won't stop me from withdrawing money from an ATM. |
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drygoodslvc
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| On that note, how about wireless connections? I have a wireless connection in my home. Can the people living next door tap into it? If they can, is it only the internet page that their computers are set to that they tap into, or can they see what I'm viewing on the net? |
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mishlert
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I have a wireless connection in my home. Can the people living next door tap into it? |
Unless it's a secure connection, the answer is anyone can pigyback on your connection. Plus, anywhere they go on the net is traced back to you.
Just go tou your setup page of the company and setup a secure connection with log in and password. Once done, anyone trying to connect to your network will be asked to log in. |
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