I'm opening myself up I suppose, but is the firewall in your router not enough to cover most drop-ins.
Thanks, BuddyB
buddyb 0 Junior Poster
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
Nothing is ever enough, Anymore ,The bad guys find there way around everything
Trezier 7 Newbie Poster
Nothing is ever enough, Anymore ,The bad guys find there way around everything
CaperJ is correct. If someone wants your info bad enough and they know a few things, there is little you can do besides disconnect your connection every time you aren't actively using it.
As a rule of thumb, I do not store personal information on my main HD's. Instead I have a external HD that I turn on when I need to work or store personal things and turn it off when finished. It may be a little crazy but nothing is overboard nowadays.
~Trezier
GrimJack 1,414 Posting Maven Featured Poster
As a rule of thumb, I do not store personal information on my main HD's. Instead I have a external HD...
Hmmm, this would be a good use for those keychain USB drives! I am considering buying one and this sounds like another good reason (encrypted file of course)
GrimJack
buddyb 0 Junior Poster
How about those piggyback units that you install into the case, then you can just plug HDs in. I think they're called Kangaroos.
BuddyB
Jra2003 0 Junior Poster in Training
not sure about the kangaroo idea, seems good in older days but the problem though is that you have to shut down the computer, plug it then restart. Seems better to me to get a extranel HD and use the very flexible USB
oalee 53 cyberkill(ed) Team Colleague
As a rule of thumb, I do not store personal information on my main HD's. Instead I have a external HD...
Hmmm, this would be a good use for those keychain USB drives! I am considering buying one and this sounds like another good reason (encrypted file of course)GrimJack
USB Thumbdrives are really useful. I have one that can store up to 250MB. And its plug n' play. After you plug it into a free USB drive, a new drive letter pops up for the USB drive.
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