From: enleverlesX.XmcX@XmclaveauX.com   
      
   Hi!   
      
      
   I have a different opinion.   
      
      
   > By enabling your operating system services to be accessed over the   
   > internet, you also enable them to be used by hackers to access   
      
   For Netbios, hackers can use it like normal users. If they have login   
   (yser name) and passwords. If not, they will not be able to enter.   
      
      
   > and take control of your computer.   
      
   Even by having a login/password, nobody will be able to exceed   
   permissions NTFS ; with NetBios, it's impossible to take control of a   
   computer.   
   It is exactly similar which in a local area network, safety in force on   
   the server is dominating.   
      
      
   > That is the reason most users that want to have access via the   
   > internet use VPN   
      
   No. The true reason is that editors of VPN have have excellents sales   
   engineers and marketters   
      
      
   > The real questions you need to ask is what risk am I prepared to take   
   > to expose my operating system to the network and hackers?   
      
   IMHO, not to know to distinguish the true risks from the supposed risks   
   is a true risk.   
      
   For 3 years, I have two computers, connected permanently to Internet,   
   with NETBIOS activated. There never was no successful intrusion. And   
   yet, there are 100 attempts per hour!   
      
      
   @-salutations   
      
   Michel Claveau   
      
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