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Edit Network access: Restrict anonymous access to Named Pipes and Shares
This setting, if enabled, enables a system wide policy of requiring authentication for connection to all Named Pipes and Shares (shared folders and printers). A named pipe is a Windows specific interprocess communication method that allows processes on the same or different systems to communicate with each other.
You can configure exceptions to this policy with
- Network access: Named Pipes that can be accessed anonymously
- Network access: Shares that can be accessed anonymously
Bottom line
By default this setting is enabled and I recommend leaving it as such.
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