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Thanks for the quick response. &nbsp;I just got in.
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Thanks for the quick response.  I just got in.

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Perhaps the title is a bit misleading. &nbsp;I am the system administrator of a mid-sized company and wish to access my PC from home. &nbsp;I am able to gain full access to our network server using Cisco VPN Client software through our Pix firewall. &nbsp;I was trying to access the files on my PC (Windows XP SP2, built-in firewall off) through the VPN connection by typing \\mycomputername\C$ thinking that since I was connected to the domain via the VPN client and since I have full adminisitrative priviledges within the domain I should be able to contact the other PCs in the network as well. &nbsp;Why can I not? &nbsp;How would I go about doing so? &nbsp;Note that I only want access to the directory, I do not want to use a VNC (i.e. RealVNC, PCAnywhere, etc...) to accomplish this.
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Perhaps the title is a bit misleading.  I am the system administrator of a mid-sized company and wish to access my PC from home.  I am able to gain full access to our network server using Cisco VPN Client software through our Pix firewall.  I was trying to access the files on my PC (Windows XP SP2, built-in firewall off) through the VPN connection by typing \\mycomputername\C$ thinking that since I was connected to the domain via the VPN client and since I have full adminisitrative priviledges within the domain I should be able to contact the other PCs in the network as well.  Why can I not?  How would I go about doing so?  Note that I only want access to the directory, I do not want to use a VNC (i.e. RealVNC, PCAnywhere, etc...) to accomplish this.

Accessing a work PC's directory from home using Cisco VPN Client

Software firewalls, also known as host-based firewalls, provide a layer of software on one host that controls network traffic in and out of that single machine. Most operating systems now include firewall software, but many available software firewalls include central distribution, antivirus systems and disaster recovery.

Software Firewalls

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.