Re: Laptop, wi-fi, VPN, no firewall -- what's safe?

Dan wrote:
> The C: drive has a public share, but all folders in the root
> directory except for \Windows has sharing turned off.

Well, sharing the C drive will open up everything below it ... unless
you specifically are excluding access from "Everyone".

> The \Windows folder has a share named $ADM for "remote admin".  So
> that would appear that everything except the Windows folder is safe
> from intrusion.  Hmmm.

Not sure how risky that one is.

The fact that you're sharing your C drive would give me pause.

> The network support gurus are looking into getting the Symantec
> firewall installed.  Already have Symantec AV installed.  Updates and
> scans run on a schedule.

Windows firewall is better than nothing.

david