HDD Security

mast3r · 4 Feb 2009 at 00:36

I go to a lot of lans, and just recently there have been some new faces there, and i noticed that a few of us have had people trying to access files on our pcs, is there any other way than drive encryption to stop this,
i mean its not hard \\compname\c$ etc so i just wanna protect my pron and personal dox. I Often get off for some kip early is and leave many still gaming (or hunting through our data) i can obv turn off file sharing, and when i go to sleep, dissable lan, and lock my case so cant be pwrd on.
Many thanks

Martin

mast3r · 4 Feb 2009 at 01:29

ext hard drives, i can sell OCUK some of them
i have 10 500gb ext ESATA drives, i have 6 internal drives, i am the lan file sharing noob, BUT if you share only one file you can still get accses to all roots. I just need to know, will drive encryption slow accsessssssss times down?

mast3r · 4 Feb 2009 at 12:35

idd, i like to do this to, you can also do this with Live XP but it screw over the users file permissions. i think i will just lock my case when im off to sleep so it can not be powered on, and when it is on i will hopefully come across somthing to stop the traffic, anyone know if there is a port i can block?

maybe its time to hop on down to the networking section.

mast3r · 4 Feb 2009 at 18:35

the Icy Dock would be great, but i have no space, i have i LianLi PC-201 with two 120.3 rads so all the space in the bays is taken up by pumps etc.

I will just take a big stick and point it at them lan noobs!

mast3r · 4 Feb 2009 at 22:04

I wonder if i can use that icy box ext of the case, i really like the idea of that now mate!
even with your sarcasm !

mast3r · 5 Feb 2009 at 10:45

Phil2008 said:
Or just use a windows password, cos no one can gain access to your files then on the network??

Not quite correct mate, OS passwords are not worth the bother, Simply boot disk to remove them, but once your logged in to your OS anyone on the lan can gain access with out being promted to enter a pass.

Thanks for all of your help chaps! i think i will just remove the power cab (its one of these fancy Square ones (in hope nobody else has a mac or a BeQuiet psu at the lans) lol