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In terms of security, only a few folders are accessible with password-less file sharing, and although anybody with access to the network can access them, the damage an intruder can do is limited to stealing or modifying just the files in a few folders that are known to be public.
Passwordless file sharing has two disadvantages: […]
Vista supports two types of file sharing: password and password-less. The Password-less file sharing option eliminates some of the hassle of the older Windows NT/2000 network security model. If your computer were a member of Windows NT/2000 workgroup and you attempted to access a shared resources on another workgroup computer, Windows would see if your […]