We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide
Wi-Fi Hacking tool - Firesheep
Comments
-
Discussed in this week's Steve Gibson Security Now - grc.com/securitynow
It really only applies to public WiFi where the wireless is unencrypted. Most home users will be encrypting the connection to their routers with WPA (or perhaps WEP). You would be immune to this thing in that case. Or certainly in my case where I don't use wireless at all and have turned it off.0 -
thanks for the link Dave .spenderdave wrote: »Discussed in this week's Steve Gibson Security Now - grc.com/securitynow
It really only applies to public WiFi where the wireless is unencrypted. Most home users will be encrypting the connection to their routers with WPA (or perhaps WEP). You would be immune to this thing in that case. Or certainly in my case where I don't use wireless at all and have turned it off.0 -
anyone using unsecured wireless deserves the lesson
Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.0 -
Yes, definitelydell.mannn wrote: »yes maybe.
0 -
Ah that would make sense. I wondered why I was able to get cookies on a particular wifi network. It is actually 802.1x secured, not WPA or WEP.spenderdave wrote: »Discussed in this week's Steve Gibson Security Now - grc.com/securitynow
It really only applies to public WiFi where the wireless is unencrypted. Most home users will be encrypting the connection to their routers with WPA (or perhaps WEP). You would be immune to this thing in that case. Or certainly in my case where I don't use wireless at all and have turned it off.0 -
It's a bitter (security) pill to swallow BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!
THE KILLERS :cool:
THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:0 -
Yes, but lessons learned!free4440273 wrote: »It's a bitter (security) pill to swallow 0 -
....for some!
0 -
-
Of course!free4440273 wrote: »So you are excluded ? :rotfl:;) 0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 353.5K Banking & Borrowing
- 254.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 455.1K Spending & Discounts
- 246.6K Work, Benefits & Business
- 603K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 178.1K Life & Family
- 260.6K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards