From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dq9RP-00023L-2E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:55:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j66Crakh008560; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 12:53:36 GMT Received: from amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de (amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.2.12]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j66CmJV2028193 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 12:48:19 GMT Received: from amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 7FCF127E025 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:49:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from tu-clausthal.de (hathor.rz.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.2.1]) by amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38FC527E065 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:49:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from energy.heim10.tu-clausthal.de ([139.174.241.94] verified) by tu-clausthal.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 6242652 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 06 Jul 2005 14:49:11 +0200 From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Travelling in Greece, need advice Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:49:10 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <49bf44f10507051238e316b9c@mail.gmail.com> <200507060653.28162.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <8CCBAA50-4219-4F88-88A3-1740918C367A@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <8CCBAA50-4219-4F88-88A3-1740918C367A@shire.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507061449.10665.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> X-Virus-Scanned: by PureMessage V4.7 at tu-clausthal.de X-Archives-Salt: 81f3642f-68a5-49b3-a91b-2733b9d68410 X-Archives-Hash: 7747a8f2d790ea8091d3b17293e29836 On Wednesday 06 July 2005 07:11, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On Jul 5, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 July 2005 03:29, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >>> I would not trust a wifi setup by a unknown 3rd party to do online > >>> banking. > >>> > >>> The security of the average wifi is pretty low. Because of > >>> lazyness, stupidity > >>> or bugs. > >> > >> However, any good bank will have SSL for the higher level protocols, > >> and the wifi should be as secure as public wired connections (ie DSL > >> etc). (which is to say, not secure). If you trust your cable modem > >> or DSL to do SSL-enabled online banking, you should be ok with the > >> wifi > > > > hm, you want to tell me, that it is as easy to get into the > > computer room, > > No need to get into the computer room. Plenty of cables leading out > of the computer room. I could tap any of my neighbors cable lines or > phone lines without them knowing and without going into their house. > > Once you get outside the computer room you are on the unprotected > internet, whether you are on wifi or DSL or cable or modem to get there. > ok, but where I live, you have to dig, to get to the cables.. and then you still do not know, which cable to hack out of the bundle. While with a wifi, all you need is a good antenna. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list