RE: newbie question

["David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>]

  I think GMail uses SSL (https://....) by default; it certainly
supports it.  If you can connect directly to Google, that's probably
good enough.

  However, more and more enterprises -- and some countries! -- are
installing firewalls that are SSL proxies.  If this includes you, 
then SSL traffic is decrypted (and potentially read...) and re-encrypted
at the proxy.
  You can probably avoid that by using a VPN, but to do that, you need
access to a VPN server out beyond the perimeter....

David Gillett


> -----Original Message-----
> From: javier rojas [mailto:javier.rojasr () gmail com] 
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 2:00 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: newbie question
>
> hello folks,
>
> this is my first message to the list and i would like to 
> start with some newbie questions...
>
> wel, i live in a contry that has not a good respect for 
> privacy, i would like to know how can i keep my mail in gmail 
> from been snooped?
>
> can anyone just give me a link or a simple steps guide?
>
> i (and some friends) would really apreciate it.
>
> --
> Ciao, Javier
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