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, hack a line and listen, than to hold an atenna in the right direction? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
