Re: is hotel wi-fi safe?

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx>]

I turn on Windows firewall or Zone Alarm when at a hotel.

Art Tostaine

On 5/24/07, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jim Franz wrote:
> > Recent trip - several hotels only offered wi-fi with wep(encryption)
> > turned off. So how safe are things like cisco vpn to company system,
> > or to connect in a ssl browser window to eBay or any other eCommerce
> > site? Even though anyone can watch the traffic from the parking lot,
> > is ssl enough to feel safe doing secure transactions?
>
> VPN & SSL are as safe as it gets ... and, considering SSL is the only
> thing you can use for secure online transactions, it's either that or
> nothing.
>
> Keep in mind that SSL is encryption from the browser to the server ...
> the traffic over the wire (or air) is encrypted.
>
> david
>
>
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