If you don't have a spare machine lying around to serve duty as a file server, you can either get a cheapo bare bones PC to fill the role, or invest in an external storage solution.

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Incoming or outgoing queries would have to go through a server with access to that special national file.

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While some ISPs would have simply changed the way it manages user passwords and moved the file to a different server, this ISP opted to call the FBI.

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If you have an old PC of any OS flavor lying around, now is the time to repurpose it into a file server.

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