"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message
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john smith writes:

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"Brian O" wrote:

"john smith" wrote in message

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In article , John T
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This has been a recurring topic with no clear answers.

I say, hoof it over to the hilton. They have wireless for their
guests.
There is no sign on page, but I have no idea what their range is.

And someone will be sitting there with their laptop watching
everything
streaming by in the ether. Google "ethereal" for more information.
:-))
Beware of ARP cache poisoning, also.
Never use any program which transmits any of your passwords over an
open
wireless network.

Why would you not want to use any programs that transmits any
passwords?
They are just as encrypted as they would be over a landline or dsl
connection.

Unless you are logging into a private VPN service through the open wifi
connection they are not. Beware of the man-in-the-middle!

Well, https is encrypted, for web stuff. Mostly, though, I connect
back to important places via SSH, which is very carefully encrypted.
If you've connected from that laptop to that destination before, SSH
also remembers the host key info, and can then detect
man-in-the-middle attacks, as can https.
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What is SSH? I guess Im right about the https being encrypted. I doubt you
would have any problems as long as you are using web stuff.
B