Re: Securing my PC at a Wireless Hotspot?

2009-02-08 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article you wrote: > Use a VPN or an SSH tunnel to a trusted source. A very neat trick is using dynamic port forwarding of SSH (-D 1080). You only need to login to any SSH Server and enable the auto forwarding. Then you can enter the SSH client as a SOCKS proxy server and you are done (for s

Re: Securing my PC at a Wireless Hotspot?

2009-02-08 Thread John Keimel
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Chip Panarchy wrote: > So, how do I secure my PC at a Wireless Hotspot? > This is on the borderline of debian-user and debian-security. People will argue both ways on that. Use a VPN or an SSH tunnel to a trusted source. I use one of my servers, either a VPS I r

Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1718-1] New boinc packages fix validation bypass

2009-02-08 Thread penguin
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Re: Securing my PC at a Wireless Hotspot?

2009-02-08 Thread Dmitry Nedospasov
You could use a VPN after connecting. This is one way you can have encrypted traffic at an open hotspot. D. On Feb 8, 2009, at 09:56 , Chip Panarchy wrote: Hello You've probably been to a café before that offered WiFi via a Wireless Hotspot. Or maybe you've been to an airport that had some

Securing my PC at a Wireless Hotspot?

2009-02-08 Thread Chip Panarchy
Hello You've probably been to a café before that offered WiFi via a Wireless Hotspot. Or maybe you've been to an airport that had some hotspots? Well whatever the case, I'm sure you've seen a Public Wireless Hotspot. Or, at the very least, heard of them. So my question to you is, NOT on how to se