Windows 2003 Dumb question time! How to "hide" machine on network

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I was wondering if it was possible to keep a server or NAS device on the
network and in the domain, and have it NOT visible to end users when they
browse My Network Places.
 
Hello,

hidding a nas may be hard, as netbios is required to map network share...

Instead, you prevent users from browsing the network place at all.

You sould not consider this as a security mesure. Any few experienced
hackers will find it much easily...

Why do you want to hide it ? protect from listing available share ?


--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"micheal" <micheal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I was wondering if it was possible to keep a server or NAS device on the
> network and in the domain, and have it NOT visible to end users when they
> browse My Network Places.
 
A quick and easy way to do this on a windows server is to add a "$" to the
share name... like "sharedfolder$"

There are also reghacks to hide systems from the network when browsing.

--Jeff

"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@free.fr> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> hidding a nas may be hard, as netbios is required to map network share...
>
> Instead, you prevent users from browsing the network place at all.
>
> You sould not consider this as a security mesure. Any few experienced
> hackers will find it much easily...
>
> Why do you want to hide it ? protect from listing available share ?
>
>
> --
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAU
> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>
>
> "micheal" <micheal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DCE283BD-CB20-4402-A9A6-440C9782F29B@microsoft.com...
>>I was wondering if it was possible to keep a server or NAS device on the
>> network and in the domain, and have it NOT visible to end users when they
>> browse My Network Places.
>
 
What about using Access Based Enumeration? Experts?

This is a tool to prevent the visibility to folders that one doesn't have
access to.

My guess is it only hides the shared folders and not the machine itself?


"Jeff" <nospam@nospam.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46cb9512$0$11089$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>A quick and easy way to do this on a windows server is to add a "$" to the
>share name... like "sharedfolder$"
>
> There are also reghacks to hide systems from the network when browsing.
>
> --Jeff
>
> "Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@free.fr> wrote in message
> news:e02qTuD5HHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> hidding a nas may be hard, as netbios is required to map network share...
>>
>> Instead, you prevent users from browsing the network place at all.
>>
>> You sould not consider this as a security mesure. Any few experienced
>> hackers will find it much easily...
>>
>> Why do you want to hide it ? protect from listing available share ?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cordialement,
>> Mathieu CHATEAU
>> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>> "micheal" <micheal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DCE283BD-CB20-4402-A9A6-440C9782F29B@microsoft.com...
>>>I was wondering if it was possible to keep a server or NAS device on the
>>> network and in the domain, and have it NOT visible to end users when
>>> they
>>> browse My Network Places.
>>
>
 
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