Connecting to public Wi-Fi hotspot

When I connect to a free wi-fi hotspot using my laptop my firewall
asks me if I trust the network. I click yes since I want to use the
connection but the more I think about it, aren't all my shares
available to anyone accessing that same hotspot. If so is there a way
to not share any of my files without having to unshare each of my
folders.

Thanks,
Pete

Peter wrote:
> When I connect to a free wi-fi hotspot using my laptop my firewall
> asks me if I trust the network. I click yes since I want to use the
> connection but the more I think about it, aren't all my shares
> available to anyone accessing that same hotspot. If so is there a way
> to not share any of my files without having to unshare each of my
> folders.
>
> Thanks,
> Pete

Rather than doing the seperate shares on each folder, can you just turn off
file and printer sharing? (and then turn it back on when at home)

Peter <petercritic@yahoo.com> wrote:
> When I connect to a free wi-fi hotspot using my laptop my firewall
> asks me if I trust the network. I click yes since I want to use the

You should check no. I do all the time. I am still able to do the things
I want, outbound, and still able to configure the firewall to allow certain
things to happen inbound.

Details vary a lot depending on the interface semantics of the nameless
firewall you are using. Using Symantec, I set "untrusted" for my work
network.

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