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communication:security [2017/10/27 00:34] frater_secessus [VPN] |
communication:security [2017/10/27 00:39] frater_secessus [your connection to the net] |
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====== Wireless security for nomads ====== | ====== Wireless security for nomads ====== | ||
- | Because nomads, by definition, | + | Because nomads don't stay in one place their internet connection is usually wireless (ie, radio based). |
- you are transmitting sensitive data; //and// | - you are transmitting sensitive data; //and// | ||
- the data is unencrypted at any point along the route | - the data is unencrypted at any point along the route | ||
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==== using websites ==== | ==== using websites ==== | ||
- | {{ http:// | + | {{ http:// |
**If the website is secure the information is fully encrypted between your browser and the website**. | **If the website is secure the information is fully encrypted between your browser and the website**. | ||
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If the website is secured it doesn' | If the website is secured it doesn' | ||
- | If the website is not secured then password **protected wifi or mobile data may protect you from casual onlookers at that first hop**.((ie, at that McDonalds or between your phone and the tower. | + | If the website is not secured then password **protected wifi or mobile data may protect you from casual onlookers at that first hop**((ie, at that McDonalds or between your phone and the tower. |
It is a fallacy to think open wifi connections present any threat to connections to secured websites. \\ | It is a fallacy to think open wifi connections present any threat to connections to secured websites. \\ |