Securing folders on XP
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Securing folders on XP
Knowing how insecure XP is ... what is the best product (from peoples experiance) for securing folders with XP ... would also like to expand it to external drives and usb keys
Anybody using anything at the moment.
Dave.
Anybody using anything at the moment.
Dave.
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Drives should be NTFS to enable built in security.
Decent firewall on your internet connection.
Enable user log on to pc....so that you have to log in with username/password
Beyond that use encryption software for data if you wish.
Disable file sharing.
Disable guest account.
or see here for pointers... http://labmice.techtarget.com/articl...ychecklist.htm
Decent firewall on your internet connection.
Enable user log on to pc....so that you have to log in with username/password
Beyond that use encryption software for data if you wish.
Disable file sharing.
Disable guest account.
or see here for pointers... http://labmice.techtarget.com/articl...ychecklist.htm
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Drives should be NTFS to enable built in security - Done
Decent firewall on your internet connection. - Done
Enable user log on to pc....so that you have to log in with username/password - Done
"Beyond that use encryption software for data if you wish." looking for
Disable file sharing - not done but restricted !
Disable guest account.- done
Its more like the USB key and external drives I also want to protect.
Dave.
Decent firewall on your internet connection. - Done
Enable user log on to pc....so that you have to log in with username/password - Done
"Beyond that use encryption software for data if you wish." looking for
Disable file sharing - not done but restricted !
Disable guest account.- done
Its more like the USB key and external drives I also want to protect.
Dave.
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Certain versions of XP come with encryption, home edition does NOT. If you have a version that does...http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...c_fil_dszp.asp
Other encrytion software PGP.used by some corporate bods. http://www.pgp.com/products/desktop/personal/index.html
Cypherix...dunno but has a free dowload, evaluation i presume
http://www.cypherix.com/prods.htm
ps spellings crap this early
Other encrytion software PGP.used by some corporate bods. http://www.pgp.com/products/desktop/personal/index.html
Cypherix...dunno but has a free dowload, evaluation i presume
http://www.cypherix.com/prods.htm
ps spellings crap this early
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If you use encryption make certain you BACKUP your encryption key. Learnt the hard way with that one
USB-Not sure about that but if you have external drives make sure they are not shared out, if they are remove the everyone account and add Administrator with full control and users with control you want them to have. Rename your administrator account, make sure the Guest account is disabled and run decent passwords, something with more than 8 letters with numbers and special characters (ie *,@, etc)
USB-Not sure about that but if you have external drives make sure they are not shared out, if they are remove the everyone account and add Administrator with full control and users with control you want them to have. Rename your administrator account, make sure the Guest account is disabled and run decent passwords, something with more than 8 letters with numbers and special characters (ie *,@, etc)
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Take a look at Reflex Magnetics for securing external devices.
http://www.reflex-magnetics.co.uk/pr...sknetpro/page3
Regards
Henry
http://www.reflex-magnetics.co.uk/pr...sknetpro/page3
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Henry
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