Re: wifi access from laptop to starbucks wifi

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On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 07:06:40AM -0700, bruce wrote:
> hey guys....
> 
> if you're using starbucks, or nay other public access, aren't you
> pretty much constrained to having to deal with an open network. or are
> you implying that you can implement an encrypted connection on the nic
> setup?

Yes, you are. Unless you have access to a (secure) VPN. If you do, then
just always be sure to start up your VPN connection first, before doing
anything else.  (note, by "secure", I explicitly exclude things like
PPTP which is known to be INsecure.)

While that would be expected to protect your traffic, your machine
will still be on an unprotected network, and therefore possibly a target
of more attackers/malware than when on your personal/home network.

> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 11:31 -0700, JD wrote:
> >> Also, WPA encryotion can be broken by a notebook PC in under 1 minute.
> >> WPA (and WPA2) encryption that uses TKP can also be broken in under 1
> >> minute. So far AES seems to be invulnerable (as far whatever has been
> >> printed publicly).
> >
> > I'd heard that WEP was crap, years ago.  But I hadn't heard that WPA2
> > was that easily crackable, yet.
> >
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