Re: wireless security
- From: Bruce Barnett <spamhater133+U071220174341@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:05:04 -0500
jay lunis <jay.lunis@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
So here it is - how safe is it to surf free/public networks? Any
precautions I can/should take?
Uhruh said what I was going to say...
When you log onto web sites (gmail, eBay, amazon, etc.), make sure
it's an encrypted link (https://......) before you type a password.
There are programs script kiddies can run that listen for connections
to popular sites, and print out username/passwords as they are sniffed.
If you use firefox, you can use greasemonkey http-to-https redirector
user script.
http://diveintogreasemonkey.org/casestudy/gmailsecure.html
The http://www.customizegoogle.com/ can also be configured to always use https
The gmail notifier can be modified by settign SecureAlways to 1
You can change your gmail.com bookmark to use https: instead of http
There is the firefox
Verisign EV Green Bar extension
And any anti-phishing extensions you can use are recommended.
I think the Betas of FireFox 3 have improvements in this area, but I have not tried them yet.
I use NoScript, and AdBlock as well.
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