Hide Computer

[Steve]

Hello all,
Does anyone know if its possible to hide a computer on a
network?
ie. Stop the machine from being visible in My Network
Places etc for sharing etc.

Many thanks in advance.
Steve

 

[Chuck]

Hello all,
Does anyone know if its possible to hide a computer on a
network?
ie. Stop the machine from being visible in My Network
Places etc for sharing etc.

Many thanks in advance.
Steve

Steve,

The best way to secure a computer (make it invisible) is to install and
configure a software firewall on it. The XP ICF should work for this purpose.

And Steve, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Chuck]

Hello all,
Does anyone know if its possible to hide a computer on a
network?
ie. Stop the machine from being visible in My Network
Places etc for sharing etc.

Many thanks in advance.
Steve

Steve,

The best way to secure a computer (make it invisible) is to install and
configure a software firewall on it. The XP ICF should work for this purpose.

UPDATE: Give this Analogx product a look:
<http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pblock.htm>.

And Steve, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Steve]

Thanks Chuck.

I don't support you know if there's a way of doing this
thruogh a registry setting do you?

Many thanks,
Steve

-----Original Message-----

 

[Chuck]

Thanks Chuck.

I don't support you know if there's a way of doing this
thruogh a registry setting do you?

Many thanks,
Steve

Steve,

Each open port is owned and operated by the software that opens it. Any
registry entries would be specific to the owning software.

I wouldn't bet on there not being some registry entries. But I don't know what
they would be either. They will certainly be unique to each software package,
if they exist.

Give PortBlocker a try, and let us know if it works for you. Or ZoneAlarm.
They're free, so you have nothing to lose but time.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.