Just to add to this, Make sure your router doesn't automatically start redistributing your net bios traffic.
User authentication is pretty useless if the ports are open so you want to make sure you have a router and the firewall options are set blocking traffic from the outside. John's comments are pretty on the money though. Just remember if you share it chances are it's available to the world unless you take steps to secure the data. Microsoft is known for being unsecure. Thanks Scott On Nov 17, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > So the questions are how paranoid are you. Things to think about: > > 1. Do you have a router / firewall between you and the internet? > 2. Do you have modern 64 bit or higher encryption on your wireless? > > As long as the above two points are met correctly, and you don't try > to use FTP outside of your lan, then you should be safe. The > problem with FTP is that the password must be transmitted unencrypted, > so anybody that can watch your network traffic can get your password. > Also the data transfered will not be encrpted by the transfer stack > unlike with SFTP. > > Jon > > > On 15/11/2010, Austin Seraphin <aus...@behindthecurtain.us> wrote: >> Yes. I set up user permissions so only I can access the directory, and ftp >> only works locally. Anything else I should consider? >> >> On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Scott Granados wrote: >> >>> Have you considered the security implications of what you've set up? >>> >>> On Nov 15, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Austin Seraphin wrote: >>> >>>> Ok. The other night, I felt very proud that I figured out how to get file >>>> sharing working. I would never have dared to set up a Linux or Windows >>>> network for the first time at 03:30 in the morning, but once again Apple >>>> came to the rescue. It even speaks FTP and someone on Twitter even said >>>> NFS. Wow! So I can see my iMac from my MacBook Air, very good. >>>> >>>> Now, I want to figure out a way to keep folders in sync. Specifically, if >>>> I make a change in my documents folder, I want to automagically reflect >>>> over the network as soon as possible. If I change something on the Air, I >>>> want it to go to the iMac. If I change something on the iMac, I want it >>>> to change the next time I open up the Air. I've seen a few apps and tried >>>> one, but couldn't access it very well, and thought I'd ask the list. Any >>>> thoughts? >>>> I hoped MobileMe would do this, but no dice, at least according to the >>>> Apple guy. In Linux I would set up a rsync cron job or something. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
