<VV> Need high speed access advice--NO CORVAIR

[Rad Davis]

One little addition - since this is my bread and butter:

HTTPS is indeed quite secure.  But the user should verify (mouse over or 
click the padlock in the browser window frame) that the server that issued 
the security certificate is the same one (or at least the same domain name) 
as the one you're supposed to be connected to.  A lot of phishing scams use 
things like browser redirects to a not-really-trustworthy HTTPS server.

Which brings me to my other point:  >90% of the people who are cheated in 
online transactions do it to themselves.  My online bank makes it 
abundantly clear that they never, ever, send unsolicited emails with 
clickable links in them to account holders.  Just about every other 
reputable financial business has a similar policy.  All of the network and 
browser security in the world won't protect you from your own naivete, or 
greed.  If you ever have any doubt about the genuineness of an email, go to 
the parent site yourself by *typing* in the main web address (URL) by hand 
(eg: www.citibank.com).  If you log in and can't find any mention of the 
content of the email, then you may assume it was a phishing 
attempt.  Businesses all know that there's no such thing as an urgent 
email.  you should make the same assumption.

Corvair content:  Lots of people buy and sell Corvair stuff on 
Ebay.com.  Lots of phishing scams target ebay account holders.  I recently 
got a bogus "power seller upgrade mail" from a phisher.  Shop carefully.


At 11:53 AM 1/18/2006 -0600, James Davis wrote:
>Jeff,
>  Most on-line money transfers are encrypted, using the secure socket 
> layer (HTTPS:/).  All transmissions are secure from your computer to the 
> receivers computer. Even though your transmission could be captured, it 
> would be fully encrypted.  If you are going to loose data in a public 
> place, it will probably be to eyeballs or a picture phone.  By-the-way, a 
> firewall only protects the computer from surreptitious entry.  A firewall 
> does nothing to secure the data transmission; only data encryption will 
> help that.  Most routers and cards use WAP which is really not 
> secure.  Most experts recommend PGP (pretty good priviacy).
>Dsl comes in many flavors.  You have to decide what features you 
>want.  New services offer up to a 3mb/s download and 1mb/s upload 
>speed.  Upload speed is usually capped low to keep you from serving.  I 
>live with 750 kb/s  down and 256 kb/s up. for $39.50 a month.
>Jim Davis
>
>
>
>At 10:15 AM 1/18/2006, Jeff Clark wrote:
>>I'm no expert on this, but I just bought a laptop for
>>myself, and switched over from regular DSL to DSL
>>wireless in my home at the same time (the laptop came
>>all set up for wireless).  First, you'll need to
>>switch from dial-up to DSL (which can be telephone,
>>cable or satellite), and I would add wireless at the
>>same time.  It's all relatively easy and inexpensive
>>(except for the monthly bill...), but if you're MAJOR
>>technologically challenged, I would highly recommend
>>getting the Geek Squad to do the installation.  It was
>>included with my purchase of the laptop, and I could
>>have done it myself, but the guy that did the
>>installation was great, he saved me HOURS of
>>frustration, and he fixed a number of problems with my
>>desktop.  If time (and maintaining your sanity) is
>>important to you, Geek Squad is money well spent.
>>
>>There are many public areas where you'll be able to
>>access the Internet via wireless, and those areas are
>>increasing in number daily.  It does seem to be the
>>way of the future, so you may as well jump on the
>>bandwagon now.  One word of caution: DO NOT work on
>>I.D.-sensitive items while in a public area, as others
>>may be able to access what you're doing.  Your home
>>wireless will have a built-in firewall, so that's
>>where you want to do bill-paying, or anything that
>>involves personal info.
>
>
>
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