Hi Daniel, Sorry to hear about this. Would you care to expand on some elements which might help others understand the issue..
On 20 April 2010 19:14, Daniel Case <danielcas...@googlemail.com> wrote: > "Allow guest access" button. > What i wasnt aware of, is the fact that it broadcasts on Port 139, It uses the same port as Windows CIFS/SMB, so yes, it will appear on that port and to some will look like a Windows host, sharing out files. > went > straight through my routers firewall This I don't get. Normally NAT (Network Address Translation) is combined with a firewall in the router which allows traffic out but not random traffic in. More often you'd have an internet network address on the 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x range and externally you'd have a public IP address. Normally users on the internet outside your network will not be able to 'see' anything inside your LAN. The exceptions to this would be if you enabled port forwarding of specific ports or if you had placed your machine in the DMZ. The other possibility is that you are connected directly to a cable modem (such as you might get from Virgin Media) which has no firewall. > My computer has been open for months, has had a count of 104 successful > access attempts from external IP's all because i forgot about Samba. > How did you discover that you were 'oversharing' and how did you know how many requests had been made? > Well, i have sure learnt my lesson, can anyone tell me what can be gained > from my user area in terms of web-passwords? Are they stored in .mozilla > folder and easy to get to? > They're in plain text, yes. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/582526 - "where does firefox store saved passwords" :( Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
