No. You're not completely wrong, more almost right. ShareSniffer does not do anything that reveals contentent beyond the IP address. It's all done by Windows(tm). ShareSniffer asks Windows how many shared resources at a given IP address. It does not ask for any further information. All it can currently tell you is that there are, for instance, zero shares available at 0.0.0.0. Everything is handed to Windows. ShareSniffer does not perform any magic in itself except communicate it's desire for a share count to your local Windows. In turn, your local Windows returns the number of available shares at an IP address. If the number is greater than zero, that IP address is considered "shared". When you use your local Windows to navigate the IP address (which is required - because ShareSniffer will not navigate an IP address), your local Windows tries to communicate with the IP address and will force you to use Windows security. In essence, if the share is passworded, you have to know it to get access to it. Still, ShareSniffer doesn't even know if the IP addresses it marks as shared are passworded or not. It just knows they are shared.
Kerry B. Rogers
ShareSniffer Author
kbrogers@sharesniffer.com
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No. You're not completely wrong, more almost right. ShareSniffer does not do anything that reveals contentent beyond the IP address. It's all done by Windows(tm). ShareSniffer asks Windows how many shared resources at a given IP address. It does not ask for any further information. All it can currently tell you is that there are, for instance, zero shares available at 0.0.0.0. Everything is handed to Windows. ShareSniffer does not perform any magic in itself except communicate it's desire for a share count to your local Windows. In turn, your local Windows returns the number of available shares at an IP address. If the number is greater than zero, that IP address is considered "shared". When you use your local Windows to navigate the IP address (which is required - because ShareSniffer will not navigate an IP address), your local Windows tries to communicate with the IP address and will force you to use Windows security. In essence, if the share is passworded, you have to know it to get access to it. Still, ShareSniffer doesn't even know if the IP addresses it marks as shared are passworded or not. It just knows they are shared.
Kerry B. Rogers
ShareSniffer Author
kbrogers@sharesniffer.com