Re: Sharing curiosity - Shared.png (1/1)
J.J. O'Shea
(in article <spudman27-28B59...@news.newsguy.com>):
> Hi,
>
> I'm using OS 10.5.8 on a MacBook Pro and am new to this Mac OS and don't
> recall seeing this on the previous OS (10.4).
That's 'cause it's a new feature. Can't remember when it arrived, may be
10.4, may be 10.5.
>
> On the main login (2 are on the machine) I get this SHARED section on
> the side window and do not know why.
It looks for network shares out there and puts them on the main Finder window
so that you can log into them if you want.
> I have sharing off in the
> preferences, Bluetooth is off, but I do connect to my password protected
> router wirelessly.
WEP or WPA? Be advised that WEP provides all of the protection of a square of
wet tissue paper. Maybe less.
> If I click on the names in the SHARED column it
> fails to connect -which I suppose is a good thing- but nonetheless it
> kind of creeps me out to see this on the screen.
you need a password to log in.
>
> I'm in a residential vanilla neighborhood but do not know who this
> person/family is.
>
> What am I missing? Is this something I should be wary of? And why would
> it not show up on the windows of the other login for my machine?
There are at least two Windows boxes (those are the symbols for WinBoxes) or
two network-connected printers or one of each on your network. The name
'richard-4d7127e' _may_ be a printer, with the '4d7127e' being the last seven
digits of its MAC address. My network-aware (that is, plugged directly into
the network by Ethernet or wireless) printers show up in the 'Shared' section
of the Finder window when they wake up and are identified using the printer
name and the last six digits of their MAC.
If you don't have any WinBoxes or network-aware printers on your net, then
someone else has access to your net.
>
> Thanks for any help/pointers.
>
> Nate
>
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J.J. O'Shea
(in article
<nospam.m-m-E0EBD...@cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>):
> In article <he18a...@news1.newsguy.com>,
> J.J. O'Shea <try.n...@but.see.sig> wrote:
>
>> If you don't have any WinBoxes or network-aware printers on your net, then
>> someone else has access to your net.
>
>
> No, you have access to theirs since they allow it. No one can see your
> network unless you turn file sharing on and allow everyone access.
>
>
>
Well, yeah, he might be logging into someone else's unsecured wireless net.
NWW
J.J. O'Shea <try.n...@but.see.sig> wrote:
Appreciate the info.
NWW
<nospam.m-m-E0EBD...@cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>,
M-M <nospa...@ny.more> wrote:
> In article <he18a...@news1.newsguy.com>,
> J.J. O'Shea <try.n...@but.see.sig> wrote:
>
> > If you don't have any WinBoxes or network-aware printers on your net, then
> > someone else has access to your net.
>
>
> No, you have access to theirs since they allow it. No one can see your
> network unless you turn file sharing on and allow everyone access.
Thanks.