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  3. May 2007

Re: is hotel wi-fi safe?

Jim Franz wrote:
Recent trip - several hotels only offered wi-fi with wep(encryption)
turned off. So how safe are things like cisco vpn to company system,
or to connect in a ssl browser window to eBay or any other eCommerce
site? Even though anyone can watch the traffic from the parking lot,
is ssl enough to feel safe doing secure transactions?

VPN & SSL are as safe as it gets ... and, considering SSL is the only
thing you can use for secure online transactions, it's either that or
nothing.

Keep in mind that SSL is encryption from the browser to the server ...
the traffic over the wire (or air) is encrypted.

david



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