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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?SmltIEN1bGhhbmU=?= on August 25, 2005, 4:40 pm
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Good question. However, the bigger concern in my opinion is that that can be
used by internal users to index Mapped Network Drives and search content
easily. Better have good NTFS permissions.
The Microsoft Desktop Search should be controlable in its behaviour via a GPO
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Jim Culhane
MCSE
"pbrill1" wrote:
> With the advent of Google and Microsoft Desktop searches - which virtually
> blur the line between web searching and desktop searching - I am wondering..
>
> Is there any cause for security concerns? I understand that there is a
> difference between local IP and external IP searches, but do these tools
> present a potential problem for exposing internal network searches to the
> public (either inherently through either tool, or through the next potential
> microsoft virus?
>
> More individuals are wanting to use these tools on our network - and I may
> have unfounded fears... but I have seen how Google often exposes inadvertenly
> configured FTP sites (where one can read documents that I'm sure are not
> intended for public reading). Is there any discussion on security concerns,
> best practice methods of handling Microsoft/MSN search Google desktop
> search/sidebar on a network?
> --
> pbrill1
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