Using WiFi in Europe??

bookduck

Sorry,is is not pxe boot, it is Wake On Lan to start up you home pc - well spotted . It will allow you to turn your home pc off and on like at the mains. Look here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVpH-tdHRzg&feature=related

Now SSH, or the upgraded but more secure SSH2 + vnc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDKzeSWIDKA
http://revver.com/video/802295/macmost-now-66-using-ssh-tunneling-for-secure-connections/ for Mac but gist is relevent for PC too and it looks to be quite good info
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUplDL4hSuc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvNwRWlptqc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mknGP-TOFu8 - good explanation of the basics, but all the things it tells you to do at the end are fairly freely available in public place.!
http://shareme.com/details/ipig-wifi-hotspot-vpn-security.html - Not really ssh but close

http://blog.stevienova.com/2007/08/07/unprotected-wi-fi-encrypt-your-traffic-with-an-ssh-socks-proxy-to-browse-securely/ - very clearly written and even have stolen the picture


timbim, if your pc is compromised by an emailing keystroke logger, then you have no protection as you say https only protects the data sent for that session with the bank, If you are compromised before using a tunnel or VPN then that to offers no protection to a keystroke logger. your computer connection an all the other services are still vulnerable while surfing the bank. A boot CD containg all the software always wins to connect to and remote control your home PC, even thought it is not the most convienient to use/store data.

Remember to turn off your laptops bluetooth too. Encrypt the disk with the truecrypt.- it is free!

You can control your home PC via ssh an vnc from an iphone for free, same as above.

timbim_2

All seems a little over the top for a bit of surfing! SSH I can see for highly sensitive or confidential documents and large networks, but I think here it's taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Using linux would solve it!