One question I have, what do you do with all of those hotspots/hotels that don't support VPN passthrough? I'd say nearly half of all Internet/Hotel hotspots I try to use don't support VPN passthrough, and I'd say 10-15% don't support SSL either.
(No idea on SSH) > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Mee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 2:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] unsecure network > > > > SSH tunneling allows me to encrypt not only mail, but > > > any other traffic I choose. > > > > Ah, OK. You do it all in one shot. > > Ok, call me simple, but how can the (mythical) average Jo[e] > user build ssh > tunnels to do this for themselves? Wouldn't they have to, at > least, setup a > server at home, then tunnel to it from the public hotspot, > and from there go > out to the rest of the world? > > I guess the simplest way for a non-technical user to do that > is to buy a VPN > router for home and then always VPN to home when they're at > hotspots. A > strange way to surf, but with the speed of home broadband > connections these > days, probably quite workable once the config hassles are solved. > > Or maybe I'm missing something? Is there some general way to use SSH > tunnels to surf that I'm missing? Please enlighten me! :-) > > In the meantime, I definitely use the S variants of IMAP and > SMTP (as one > poster put it) while I'm at public hotspots. I don't have a > server running > at home all the time that I wish to dedicate to this ... > though I suspect I > could make my m0n0wall based firewall do this without too much hassle. > > cheers, michael > > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.770 / Virus Database: 517 - Release Date: 9/27/2004 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.770 / Virus Database: 517 - Release Date: 9/27/2004
