Need to stop domain info from being seen across network

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As an outside contractor for company ABC, I bring my laptop into company XYZ
and connect it to their network. I access my company resources through a
VPN, but computers on XYZ'z domain can see my company's domain and it's
resources when they browse (MY Network Places). Is there a network setting
and/or registry key to hide my company's domain from being seen while
connected to their network? TIA
 
As an outside contractor for company ABC, I bring my laptop into company XYZ
and connect it to their network. I access my company resources through a
VPN, but computers on XYZ'z domain can see my company's domain and it's
resources when they browse (MY Network Places). Is there a network setting
and/or registry key to hide my company's domain from being seen while
connected to their network? TIA
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If you are not already running a firewall on your laptop (and I'm not
talking about SP2) then you should have one installed. I never enter a
clients network without my firewall enabled. What you are seeing is not
the domain because of the VPN, but because your computer announced it
when you connected to their network.

If you firewall all the normal MS ports you won't see it - you could
also block the browser service ports, but you will have other issues.

Since your computer Workgroup/Domain will be visible without the VPN,
why does it matter if they see your laptop - they approve of you using
your laptop, right?
 
You could try setting

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters\Main
tainServerList

to "No" to prevent your computer from participating as a browser i.e.
prevent it from collecting and maintaining the master browse list of
available network servers for its domain. HTH

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Mitch Tulloch
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