Re: wireless security

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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