Re: [CGUYS] Hotel WiFi advice? (put up again cuz I didn't see any answer)
I saw a few, mine included. > > did I miss the answer?? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Hotel WiFi advice? (put up again cuz I didn't see any answer)
yah...listen to the security now podcast, will do well with letting you know what you need. http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm#128 episode 10 is on open wifi points Mike On Jan 28, 2008 4:13 PM, rlsimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last year I went to a hotel using their wifi and found I had folders > installed on my box and lotsa problems which I have fixed. Now, I'm on my > way again and I plan to: 1) disable file share, 2) use "webmail" only, 3) > what about banking for bill pay?, 4) is winXPsp2 firewall enuf or do I > need2get zone alarm?, 5) is Avast enuf, or what? 6) what else? ...TIA!! > > did I miss the answer?? > > > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC > http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
[CGUYS] Hotel WiFi advice? (put up again cuz I didn't see any answer)
Last year I went to a hotel using their wifi and found I had folders installed on my box and lotsa problems which I have fixed. Now, I'm on my way again and I plan to: 1) disable file share, 2) use "webmail" only, 3) what about banking for bill pay?, 4) is winXPsp2 firewall enuf or do I need2get zone alarm?, 5) is Avast enuf, or what? 6) what else? ...TIA!! did I miss the answer?? * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Hotel WiFi advice?
http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm episode 10 of security now talks all about wifi hotspot security. Mike On Jan 25, 2008 12:50 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Use any browser but MS Internet Explorer and you'll be fine. No need > to disable file sharing, but I wouldn't type ANY passwords while on a > public network, most especially online banking. > > On Jan 25, 2008 1:32 PM, rlsimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Last year I went to a hotel using their wifi and found I had folders > > installed on my box and lotsa problems which I have fixed. Now, I'm on > my > > way again and I plan to: 1) disable file share, 2) use "webmail" only, > 3) > > what about banking for bill pay?, 4) is winXPsp2 firewall enuf or do I > > need2get zone alarm?, 5) is Avast enuf, or what? 6) what else? ...TIA!! > > > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC > http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Hotel WiFi advice?
Use any browser but MS Internet Explorer and you'll be fine. No need to disable file sharing, but I wouldn't type ANY passwords while on a public network, most especially online banking. On Jan 25, 2008 1:32 PM, rlsimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last year I went to a hotel using their wifi and found I had folders > installed on my box and lotsa problems which I have fixed. Now, I'm on my > way again and I plan to: 1) disable file share, 2) use "webmail" only, 3) > what about banking for bill pay?, 4) is winXPsp2 firewall enuf or do I > need2get zone alarm?, 5) is Avast enuf, or what? 6) what else? ...TIA!! * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Hotel WiFi advice?
Get Zone Alarm Free (Basic Firewall) and set everything (all programs, processes) to "Ask" (except for what you set to "Deny"). At 01:32 PM 1/25/2008, rlsimon wrote: >Last year I went to a hotel using their wifi and found I had folders >installed on my box and lotsa problems which I have fixed. Now, I'm on my >way again and I plan to: 1) disable file share, 2) use "webmail" only, 3) >what about banking for bill pay?, 4) is winXPsp2 firewall enuf or do I >need2get zone alarm?, 5) is Avast enuf, or what? 6) what else? ...TIA!! * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
[CGUYS] Hotel WiFi advice?
Last year I went to a hotel using their wifi and found I had folders installed on my box and lotsa problems which I have fixed. Now, I'm on my way again and I plan to: 1) disable file share, 2) use "webmail" only, 3) what about banking for bill pay?, 4) is winXPsp2 firewall enuf or do I need2get zone alarm?, 5) is Avast enuf, or what? 6) what else? ...TIA!! * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
