IPC$ Shared User Name

[Guest]

In browsing through my Computer Management screen I discovered the following
under System Tools -> Shared Folders -> Shares : IPC$ .

I have no idea of who/what this is.

Any assistance/information would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Hi LBMan,

I hope this help:
http://www.answers.com/topic/ipc-share?hl=ipc

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Here's a Microsoft reference:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314984&sd=tech

The final "troubleshooting" paragraph is very relevant, though--basically,
it says you can get rid of these shares, but stuff will break--test
carefully.

The best protection for security issues related to these shares is to be
running with the least privileges as a user that are needed to get your work
done. This can be problematic with XP, and with current software vendor
(Microsoft and others) practices. It'll be easier with Vista, but that's in
the future.

So--what you are seeing is something that is normal, and a part of windows.
There are security implications to the existence of these shares, and they
are exploited by some viruses, for example. However, removing them breaks
things!

 

[Guest]

Bill. Thank you very much for your informative response. I'm a "newbie", and
that is exactly the kind of information I needed. My next step will be to
access the Microsoft link that you provided, and learn more.

As an adendum, are there any basic methods/software utlities able to confirm
whether an IPC$ file is "friend or foe", and identify them?

Thanks, again

Paul Harris

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Bill. Thank you very much for your informative response. I'm a "newbie",
and
that is exactly the kind of information I needed. My next step will be to
access the Microsoft link that you provided, and learn more.

As an adendum, are there any basic methods/software utlities able to
confirm
whether an IPC$ file is "friend or foe", and identify them?

Thanks, again

Paul Harris

If you're working with it via the Computer Management tool, you'll soon find
that it won't let you do anything to that share.

I wouldn't worry about IPC$--I don't think you really have any options about
it.

Although remote administration may sound esoteric, in the context of a home
machine--there could be a time when it was important to have available.
Certain kinds of events can create a situation where remote access to a
machine's registry is needed--and the IPC$ share allows you to sign on to
enable such access.