Secure connections?

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Does anyone know what is the best way to create a secure
connection? I need a secure connection between two PCs on
a large network so that ONLY the two PCs can access the
files inside and no one else?

Someone is removing some important files because XP
shares nearly everything with out giving me the control
of allowing user access and asigning passwords.

The PC hosting the files is running XP Home and the
other, only accessing and making changes to the files is
a 98se machine.

any help would be greatly appreciated. I have had nothing
but headaches on this one.
 
If you are in a large network then I am assuming that you
have XP Pro. With XP Pro you can set user level
permissions on file and folders that prevent certain
users or even groups from being able to modify or read
the files. You need to have the file system configured
as NTFS and then set the appropriate permissions.

Bruce
 
James,

I noticed that you had different machines than I
expected and I should have read the entire post. The
bulk of the information is still true, BUT here is the
problem. Windows XP Home is NOT deisgned for business
use when it comes to security. You still need to convert
the file system over to NTFS. Just remember that NTFS
file conversion needs space for the conversion and you
must be an administrator by default to accomplish this.

XP Home hides the ability to view the file level
security and you will need another tool to change the
permissions, but the concept is still the same as listed
in the other email.

Bruce
 
"james" said:
Does anyone know what is the best way to create a secure
connection? I need a secure connection between two PCs on
a large network so that ONLY the two PCs can access the
files inside and no one else?

Someone is removing some important files because XP
shares nearly everything with out giving me the control
of allowing user access and asigning passwords.

The PC hosting the files is running XP Home and the
other, only accessing and making changes to the files is
a 98se machine.

any help would be greatly appreciated. I have had nothing
but headaches on this one.
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If this is a large network, there's probably someone acting as the
network administrator. I recommend consulting with that person, who
knows the details of how the network is set up.

Neither XP Home nor 98se was designed for security, but there are some
things you can do.

in 98se, you can assign a password to a shared disk or folder. Anyone
who wants to access the disk or folder must know the password.

XP Home doesn't have passwords for shared disks and folders, but you
can assign a password to the Guest account. Anyone who wants to
access the XP Home computer must know the Guest account password. To
assign it:

a. Click Start | Run.
b. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK.
c. Under "Users for this computer", click Guest.
d. Click Reset Password, enter a password, and click OK.
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