>>>>> "Carlos" == Carlos Konstanski <[email protected]> writes:
Ted> I find myself spending a bunch of time in coffee houses with Ted> wifi. I'm curious about the security. Most of the time I don't Ted> care. If someone wants to read my email, they're welcome to Ted> it. But what about a credit card purchase? I have not done it, Ted> but what if I bought something over the Internet using my credit Ted> card and the wifi at Bella Espresso or Jax? Would I be foolish to Ted> do that? -ted Carlos> Yes, that would be foolish! Why take chances like that? Your Carlos> only hope of security is if the web page is SSL encrypted. Since virtually every online transaction that involves money *is* SSL encrypted, then it becomes un-foolish again. These things were pretty much solved _years_ ago. The biggest wifi security problem we see is people checking their email from pop3 servers and the like. -- Russell Senior, Secretary [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
