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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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> > 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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> 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 wifi |
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hm, you want to tell me, that it is as easy to get into the computer room, |
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hack a line and listen, than to hold an atenna in the right direction? |
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