just a followup if you are interested in ben's approach ... check out http://www.stunnel.org/examples/ (or provide the link to ur ISP) ... you can also check out the pop3s port (995) on their end, this is normally the only time the SSL option in outlook will work.
- jon pgp key: http://www.jonbaer.net/jonbaer.asc fingerprint: F438 A47E C45E 8B27 F68C 1F9B 41DB DB8B 9A0C AF47 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben N. Serebin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jon Baer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Wi-Fi security for my notebook - what can i do? > Hello All, > > Jon made some excellent points. Just a few things to add. If you run > XP, enable the built-in firewall, doesn't hurt. > > Also there is another option besides SSH, and it's SSL. Outlook > Express (and numerous other email apps on Windows and the Mac OS) include > the ability to encrypt your POP3/SMTP/IMAP [email] traffic over SSL simply > by clicking the option (under Accounts->Advanced) and having an ISP's email > server that also supports it. Similar to the way people use SSL for > ecommerce, you should use SSL for your email on open public hotspots. Or > make sure you use SSL when logging into your Web Mail. > > -Ben -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
