Re: Syncing folders over the Air

2010-11-18 Thread Gena Harper
Hi Kevin Sent from my iPhone On Nov 17, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > 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 ha

Re: Syncing folders over the Air

2010-11-17 Thread Scott Granados
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 comment

Re: Syncing folders over the Air

2010-11-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
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

Re: Syncing folders over the Air

2010-11-15 Thread Austin Seraphin
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 Sera

Re: Syncing folders over the Air

2010-11-15 Thread Scott Granados
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

Syncing folders over the Air

2010-11-15 Thread Austin Seraphin
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. W