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Public Wi-fi Network

When connecting to a public wi-fi, it should be considered, by default, 'hostile'.

If you can at all afford to do so, taking the precaution to secure shell (ssh) tunnel to your home server will encrypt all traffic to that end-point.[1]

There are many how-to's on this subject and it's not difficult with a home router set to port foward ssh (port 22) to allow inbound ssh.

Simple command from Cygwin (Windows) or a shell terminal prompt (*ix):

$ssh -D username@home_url

Port: any non-privileged port, ex: 8000
Username: on your home port-forwarded pc
Home_url: the ip or domain name (you can supply a dynamic dns as well)

Thanks

[1] This assume your home PC is running the ssh server daemon, sshd and its Firewall is set to accept ssh (port 22) inbound activity.

Posted by: D. T. Schmitz   Posted on: 03/02/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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