Re: Wireless Security

[steve menard <nospam () dranem org>]

Do you have a machine outside you could setup a ssh tunnel to?

NO? then anyone watching the wireless stream WILL see ALL Traffic
;-(

I went to a mall with a restaurant serving non encrypted wireless
using a ethernet snoop I saw every non encrypted traffic everyone was 
using in almost clear text ;
well clear protocol ; totally easy to trace and decode    ;-P

except for their encrypted sessions ; I saw the traffic but they were 
encrypted
I would have needed to do extra to get them ;-)

Steve


Yousef Syed wrote:
> I need some advice.
> I'm currently staying in an apartment complex that provides free
> wireless Internet access.
> The access has zero crypto - not even WEP.
>
> What can I do on my own Laptops (Mac OS X and Windows XP Pro) to make
> my browsing/internet usage more secure? I also want to ensure that no
> one else on the network is entering my systems.
>
> The Windows Laptop already has Kaspersky Internet Security and various
> spyware/adware checkers etc
>
> Thanks,
> ys
>
>