Particularly when ordering something online when at an university?
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Zero, nada, zip, zilch.
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None at all? You can't even get any protection whatsoever from a firewall or anything?
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dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate
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I just read the title, didn't read university. At a university, it's relatively safe, though I would still wire myself up and not use wireless. However, if you connect to some random open connection, don't pass out your credit card info.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
If you can establish a SSL or VPN connection you stop the attack in the middle. Otherwise you have none. I do not recommend using wireless for banking even though you have a ssl connection. Mainly you have 2 places for intruders to penetrate. Now if you setup the wireless correctly and use a random generated key consisting of all printable chr, and max length (63 chr) long, the odds are your safe.
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Not safe... just assume someone's beside your notebook watching you. That's what you're dealing with when connected to some random public network.
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usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate
I only do shopping/banking/sensitive info at home when connected to my own private home network which is pretty damn secure I believe.
-Running WPA2 with randomly generated key.
-Mac Address Filtering
-Max number of DCHP users = 3 (Desktop, Laptop, Video Game Console)
-Block anonymous Internet requests enabled
-Default router admin password changed
-Hardware firewall enabled
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Well, WPA2 is like a 1000 times more useful than hiding the SSID from basic wifi finders.
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True. As it is, I also use a randomized WPA2 key with MAC Filtering as well.
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usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate
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AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's
If you connect to the network via WPA or WPA2 then the transmissions between your PC and the access point are encrypted. What happens beyond the access point is at the mercy of those who set up the network.
However, as long as you run an adequate software firewall, the only information that will be accessible is the standard information (e.g.: browser, OS, machine name, ...) and whatever you decide to give up yourself via information you enter into web pages and allow as cookies. -
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You still haven't reply my qustions on another post yet. I am still waiting. The school that you are working for using Novell? -
AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's
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Let me tell you that programmers never work on the whole project. They will work only for specific module of the software like they have only 3-4 pieces of jigsaws. Even you manage to steal the code, you aren't going to get very far with the code anyway since most of the programs have to call specific functions or modules in order to complete the task. It is difficult to understand if you aren't the programmer or you never write a program before.
Don't get me wrong. I am not offend you in anyway. I wish I can talk instead of typing. I know what I am talking about because I have been there and done that. The public network isn't entirely dangerous as many people think. It isn't like someone is going to wait and capture your packet on the wire anyway.
Novell is based on Linux and MS is proprietary, so they are different. They use diffrent concepts even coding and application aspect. I hope you will achieve your CCIE soon. Just don't be a paper engineer.I send couple CCNAs back home because they don't know what to do on the real thing. -
Oh and feel free to send pointers my way, currently waiting for a shipment of CITRIX and some more CCIE books and MSCE to get here. Also investing some money into some cisco switches and routers for in house labs. -
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edit- awesome just order some free microsoft programs since im a student.
another edit- since you still haven't let me know exactly what you do / what your got certs. for how about a little enlightenment? -
Another thing who would have thought Iowa would be a good place for an IT person, but google and microsoft are both building server farms here that will bring over 2000 jobs total. Not bad not bad.
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AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's
Isn't Death Moans (Des Moines) still in the top three for Insurance per capita? London and Hartford being the others? -
What do you think about my argument with my buddy here?
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AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's
How safe is your info when connected to a public network?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by scfdefinit, Feb 13, 2008.