A great primer on public wifi http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-010.txt
or for more options, scroll to the bottom and see episode 10 http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm Mike On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Fred Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > use 'https' for gmail. >> > > if no vpn, but use https for gmail - wouldn't the wireless signal for a > public connection still be in the clear transmitting your username and > password? > thank you very much everyone for the replies > > > > From: Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, August 29, 2008 04:44 pm > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] security on public wireless > VPN is of course the answer, if you really MUST perform 'sensitive' > tasks from unsecured networks. But personally, I can hold off doing my > online banking until I get home. Normal websurfing and gmail I just > don't worry about. Though I _do_ always use 'https' for gmail. > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
