I read that email and passwords for email is sent as plain text over wireless networks. If I am at a public hotspot how would I protect myself? I have a firewall etc. but what about someone sniffing my email (don't care about much else)?
Dil
I read that email and passwords for email is sent as plain text over wireless networks. If I am at a public hotspot how would I protect myself? I have a firewall etc. but what about someone sniffing my email (don't care about much else)?
Dil
Dil wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net:
I guess you're free game out there. Some people do look for an ISP that provides a VPN solution for the wireless consumer. A VPN connection to an ISP would secure your wireless connection in a hotspot.
Duane :)
Hi,
Requires a listening ssh service on the ISP side, as such not only impractical but impossible.
See if your ISP supports spop3 (port 993) and encrypted smtp-auth. Otherwise, you can use an ssh/ssl tunnel providing you have an endpoint to tunnel to, i.e
client establishes a tunnel through wifi to a server under your control which redirects to your isp's pop3 server.
regards
dc
regards
dc
Other than a VPN solution, does your mail host provide web based access? If they provide an https:// connection, the communication is secure.
Requires an ISP who offers the VPN server. Boingo.com does. sonic.net requires it for direct WiFi access, might allow it for general use.
Requires an ISP who offers webmail. Most probably do.
Requires an ISP that allows SSH tunnelling to pop, or a shell login account, which some have. sonic.net does, rahul.net does.
Using an ssh login to a unix shell offers the advantage of reading email and news in a text-only format, insulating you from most Microsoft-borne viruses, even when running from a Microsoft-based machine.
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