RE: Wireless Security

["Timmothy Lester" <Timmothy.Lester () primeadvisors com>]

Use a true anonymous proxy server.  Usually free ones you can find on
Google are very slow, or aren't reliable.  I think Tor has some proxies
that use encryption? Google "Tor & Privoxy & Vidalia" bundle. Sounds
like you can have a lot of fun at your apartment ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On Behalf Of Murda Mcloud
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:43 PM
To: 'steve menard'; 'Security Basics'
Cc: 'Yousef Syed'
Subject: RE: Wireless Security

All this makes me wonder if anyone has heard of a service provided by a
site
which allows you to do something like this? Eg setup some kind of tunnel
to
their servers over an 'insecure' connection from which you can then
browse
the world.


-----Original Message-----
From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]
On
Behalf Of steve menard
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:45 AM
To: Security Basics
Cc: Yousef Syed
Subject: Re: Wireless Security

Do you have a machine outside you could setup a ssh tunnel to?

NO? then anyone watching the wireless stream WILL see ALL Traffic
;-(

I went to a mall with a restaurant serving non encrypted wireless
using a ethernet snoop I saw every non encrypted traffic everyone was 
using in almost clear text ;
well clear protocol ; totally easy to trace and decode    ;-P

except for their encrypted sessions ; I saw the traffic but they were 
encrypted
I would have needed to do extra to get them ;-)

Steve


Yousef Syed wrote:
> I need some advice.
> I'm currently staying in an apartment complex that provides free
> wireless Internet access.
> The access has zero crypto - not even WEP.
>
> What can I do on my own Laptops (Mac OS X and Windows XP Pro) to make
> my browsing/internet usage more secure? I also want to ensure that no
> one else on the network is entering my systems.
>
> The Windows Laptop already has Kaspersky Internet Security and various
> spyware/adware checkers etc
>
> Thanks,
> ys
>
>