On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:11:22 -0700, Fred Jones wrote: >Thanks everyone for the great replies. Tom's reply about the over-the-air >part of the transmission is what is still confusing me. How can the >over-the-air part of the communication be protected using only SSL login on >email without a VPN or other encruption?
What the people are sayig, is that as long as you have that <https:> connection (pad lock closed somewhere in your browser), you're golden. (I guess) Depending on your email provider, it'll either be secure just for login (seems like a crappy way to do things), or secure for the whole session. My HIS account is secure throughout. I notice that GMail is not. Neither is Yahoo or Netzero. As usual: YMMV -- R:\katan ------------------------------------------------------------ Tea. . .Earl Grey. . .Hot ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
