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Security question

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:29 am
by thewolfe
I'm using the hotel wireless and may need to pay some bills on-line before I get home.

I could get to my on-line banking from here.

Or I have LogMeIn so I can get to my home computer and do it from there or I have a VirtualPC on my home computer.

Or I could see if I can install VirtualPC on my laptop here.

What sounds most secure?

Re: Security question

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:52 am
by Insurrectionist
thewolfe wrote:I'm using the hotel wireless and may need to pay some bills on-line before I get home.

I could get to my on-line banking from here.

Or I have LogMeIn so I can get to my home computer and do it from there or I have a VirtualPC on my home computer.

Or I could see if I can install VirtualPC on my laptop here.

What sounds most secure?
Waiting until you get home would be more secure. Ever notice the TOS at most hotels.

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:11 am
by AceCombat
yep, id wait

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:44 am
by thewolfe
I hear ya. You confirmed my suspicions. I may have a local friends wifi I can use.

Thanks as always.

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:02 pm
by ccb056
Assuming your bank uses ssl for it's site, most do, its just as safe as using encrypted wifi. Its all aes256 encryption no matter how you cut it.

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:10 am
by SuperSheep
Agree with CCB here, if the site uses SSL, you're fine.

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:19 am
by Sirius
SSL isn't prone to man-in-the-middle attacks is it? I'd guess if you already had preinstalled keys for certification authorities you should be fine.