[Sandwich]

Ok, essentially those 3 FastTrack network apps share files via HTTP on a certain port (see link below for specifics). This means that if someone were to discover your IP and connect to it via HTTP on the FastTrack port (only possible if you are running one of the 3 FastTrack clients), they would be able to see a listing of all the files you have currently shared.

Fine and dandy, right? Wrong. All too many people unknowingly share the same directories where they store unencrypted passwords, bank info - what have you.

So basically, make sure that you only are sharing what you want to with M/K/G.

For more details, go to http://arstechnica.com/  - they have a news item about this, with a link to more relevant sites.

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[Fineus]

This is why I specify an empty directory if I'm forced to share something - otherwise I never share files, only download them.

[Admiral LSD]

I only share one directory outside the "My Shared Folder" which Morpheus sets up and that only contains MP3s so I think I'm safe (not that I really care about this sort of security BS anyway) but I have to ask how stupid can you be to share folders like your internet cache and windows directory where this stuff usually resides?

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[Fineus]

Well a lot of people aren't totally computer literate - the ones who think "this kind of thing never happens if you don't try and be clever with computers" - they're probably the type to download this software and then install it without paying much attention to what it does.

[Sandwich]

 

Originally posted by Admiral LSD:
I only share one directory outside the "My Shared Folder" which Morpheus sets up and that only contains MP3s so I think I'm safe (not that I really care about this sort of security BS anyway) but I have to ask how stupid can you be to share folders like your internet cache and windows directory where this stuff usually resides?

Hey, don't look at me - just do a search for "explorer.exe" or "system32.dll" or something and tell me how many and how rapidly it returns the max ~100 results.  

Oh, and Thund4r, IIRC it automatically shares any folder and it's subfolders that you choose to download into, so be careful.  

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[Fineus]

Typcically thats my documents - which I use as a quick access temporary folder before content is renamed, archived or deleted.

[Nico]

I don't share files. here in France we have an upload limit on cable, I let 5 peoples d/l a movie and my limit is reached, and then I pay every more mb.

[Zeronet]

I operate a tough one-way system with these type of things. Being on a 56k i have to anyway.

[Martinus]

 

Originally posted by Zeronet:
I operate a tough one-way system with these type of things. Being on a 56k i have to anyway.

Yeah I use WinMX, anyone DL off me automatically cuts my bandwidth down by half. The only files I share are super rare ones that a few people would be interested in. I figure if it took me such a lot of work to find it I may as well save others all that pain  

[Grey Wolf]

I keep KAZAA compressed when I'm not using it, so I don't have to worry. Saves space too.

[an0n]

This 'Security Flaw' crap is old news. If you're stupid enough to designate your C drive as your share folder then you deserve to be ******  over. It's not a flaw anyway, it's a feature of the various programs which if used stupidly can lead to heart-ache. Like putting your C drive as your FTP servers root and setting access to 777.

[Kamikaze]

pffffffft, OMG........

I'm glad I'm not one of these ignorants...  

[Darkage]

i don't share my files

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