On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> "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.
Some (many?) people don't pay attention to which part of the browser chrome that little padlock is supposed to show up in: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5908 -- Dan Young _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
