I'm also seeing more folks use VPN services like OpenVPN or even paid services to keep their ISP's packet sniffing at bay.
> Winterlight wrote: > > Using a VPN to protect yourself when using public WAP involves logging > > into the public WAP, and then using a VPN from your PC to your home or > > work PC and then using that safe internet connection. Everything in > > between your laptop and your home PC is encrypted so nobody can snoop. > > Do I have it right? > > > > Is there good VPN freeware available? If not what is good VPN > > software? Thanks. > > > Generally, yes, you're right. Your traffic between your laptop and home > network is encrypted, so nobody can snoop on that traffic. Your laptop > is still vulnerable to hacks from people on the same WAP, but depending > on your network and VPN configuration all of your traffic can go through > your home PC and then out onto the Internet. > > I use OpenVPN (www.openvpn.net) as my VPN software (Windows clients, > Linux server). I've found it to be solid, though setting it up initially > wasn't easy. There are howtos and a good amount of help on configuring > it on the site. >
