RE: Wireless Security

["Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>]

Nice. Worth checking out. 

I guess if you were uber-paranoid then of course you would worry about the
unencrypted leg between the gateway and the sites that you want to visit.
Though the likelihood of that being captured is low. 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Painter [mailto:tvhawaii () flex com] On Behalf Of Michael
Painter
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:45 AM
To: Murda Mcloud; 'Security Basics'
Subject: Re: Wireless Security

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: RE: Wireless Security


> All this makes me wonder if anyone has heard of a service provided by a
site
> which allows you to do something like this? Eg setup some kind of tunnel
to
> their servers over an 'insecure' connection from which you can then browse
> the world.


Like this maybe?

http://www.witopia.net/personalmore.html






> -----Original Message-----
> From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On
> Behalf Of steve menard
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:45 AM
> To: Security Basics
> Cc: Yousef Syed
> Subject: Re: Wireless Security
>
> Do you have a machine outside you could setup a ssh tunnel to?
>
> NO? then anyone watching the wireless stream WILL see ALL Traffic
> ;-(
>
> I went to a mall with a restaurant serving non encrypted wireless
> using a ethernet snoop I saw every non encrypted traffic everyone was 
> using in almost clear text ;
> well clear protocol ; totally easy to trace and decode    ;-P
>
> except for their encrypted sessions ; I saw the traffic but they were 
> encrypted
> I would have needed to do extra to get them ;-)
>
> Steve
>
>
> Yousef Syed wrote:
> > I need some advice.
> > I'm currently staying in an apartment complex that provides free
> > wireless Internet access.
> > The access has zero crypto - not even WEP.
> >
> > What can I do on my own Laptops (Mac OS X and Windows XP Pro) to make
> > my browsing/internet usage more secure? I also want to ensure that no
> > one else on the network is entering my systems.
> >
> > The Windows Laptop already has Kaspersky Internet Security and various
> > spyware/adware checkers etc
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ys
> >
> >