On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 12:16:48AM +0100, Michael Flaig wrote: > > By the way, I have no real trust in the wlan encryption (which AFAIK is > > not very effective) and rely more on SSH, IMAPS, HTTPS and friends. > > Hi! > > OK, but many other Protocols are unencrypted and vulnerable to spoofing > and sniffing...
As long as I do nothing important using an insecure protocol It should not be a problem. The only unsafe protocol I use wireless is http unless I miss one. > If you disable WEP you should use something like FreeS/WAN ipsec VPN to > secure your connection. OK, you have more overhead than without any > encryption but less than with WEP. I agree that WEP is still a little plus (very small) and would use it if I was not touched by the problem which started this thread. > [fullquotes are bad :-(] Sorry for the previous one. I will be more careful. Christophe -- Christophe Barb� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.

