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Originally posted by ack
i guess you are right in a way.You just have to make sure that the passwords on your shared folders are good.Also many companies have lans but they are not all connected to the internet
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dude... I used to setup and install networks for AT&T/@Home/Excite for rich people in California... trust me on this. There's nothing wrong with using a LAN... it's probably the best thing you can do for yourself aside from totally isolating yourself from the Internet. And it's far more secure than a software firewall.
Even if every machine you have is connected to the Net. Assuming someone actually DID want to get in there in the first place, they'd still have to go through a helluva lot of shit to get there. As long as you don't leave your logins at default, you got nothing to worry about. And don't put everything on one machine. Spread it out across several machines and drives.
Make yourself a nice little workgroup... put it all on DHCP, change the default logins, set your Local IP range at something unusual or hard set them individually, and you're golden.