Re: Wireless Security

["Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: RE: Wireless Security


> All this makes me wonder if anyone has heard of a service provided by a site
> which allows you to do something like this? Eg setup some kind of tunnel to
> their servers over an 'insecure' connection from which you can then browse
> the world.


Like this maybe?

http://www.witopia.net/personalmore.html






> -----Original Message-----
> From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On
> Behalf Of steve menard
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:45 AM
> To: Security Basics
> Cc: Yousef Syed
> Subject: Re: Wireless Security
>
> 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
> >
> >