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On Wednesday 06 July 2005 07:11, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: |
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> On Jul 5, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday 06 July 2005 03:29, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: |
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> >>> I would not trust a wifi setup by a unknown 3rd party to do online |
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> >>> banking. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> The security of the average wifi is pretty low. Because of |
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> >>> lazyness, stupidity |
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> >>> or bugs. |
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> >> |
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> >> However, any good bank will have SSL for the higher level protocols, |
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> >> and the wifi should be as secure as public wired connections (ie DSL |
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> >> etc). (which is to say, not secure). If you trust your cable modem |
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> >> or DSL to do SSL-enabled online banking, you should be ok with the |
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> >> wifi |
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> > |
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> > hm, you want to tell me, that it is as easy to get into the |
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> > computer room, |
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> No need to get into the computer room. Plenty of cables leading out |
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> of the computer room. I could tap any of my neighbors cable lines or |
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> phone lines without them knowing and without going into their house. |
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> Once you get outside the computer room you are on the unprotected |
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> internet, whether you are on wifi or DSL or cable or modem to get there. |
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ok, but where I live, you have to dig, to get to the cables.. and then you |
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still do not know, which cable to hack out of the bundle. |
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While with a wifi, all you need is a good antenna. |
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