On 8/6/07, Tracy Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I setup a linux box with and put SSL on it. Using a dynamic dns, I use > Putty to connect and port forward my http protocols, and a few others.
I suspect you are confusing SSL (Secure Sockets Layer, an encryption technique for passing https protocols, typically on port 443) with SSH (Secure Shell, a means of establishing an ecrypted tunnel betweeen two machines, typically port 22). If you are using Putty, you are using SSH. > Does this create more problems than it is worth? > Is this seen as more secure way of using hot spot wi-fi connections? I take it you are connecting from a hotspot into your internal domain, using SSH to encrypt the traffic from your machine to your domain, and forwarding the unencrypted http traffic over that domain? That's a Best Practice, as long as you own and maintain security on the end-point, the machine you're using to attach. If you are using someone else's kiosk, that machine is insecure, period. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
