From: rick.rans@canada.com   
      
   Thanks for the feedback Michael. Good information and I'll have to look   
   closer.   
      
   Rick   
      
   "Méta-MCI (MVP)"  wrote in message   
   news:4769a3fa$0$896$ba4acef3@news.orange.fr...   
   > 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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