Guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 Just wondering: is it safe to do net banking etc at an internet cafe or would I be leaving myself open to problems regarding people hacking into my account. Cheers Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted May 20, 2002 Report Share Posted May 20, 2002 Thanks for that db, That answers all my quieries and then some, I think i'll get a laptop. Those computer geebons in the cafes are two sneeky for my liking. Cheers Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted May 23, 2002 Report Share Posted May 23, 2002 > No all you'll have to worry about is packet sniffers and script kiddies... ;-) Surely any bank that does Internet Banking would be using 128 bit SSL encryption I hope? That should deal with the packet sniffers. If you keep away from shady websites and dodgy e-mail you shouldn't have to worry about script kiddies either. My bank uses one-time-passwords (a list of random numbers) to affirm every transaction. That makes me feel a bit better. I'm mostly worried about logging into my servers from Internet Cafe's, I use SSH for encryption, but any keystroke logger could get past that. I've thought about using a bootable CD to boot into my own OS but that would be a bit of a hassle... Regards, Xenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted May 26, 2002 Report Share Posted May 26, 2002 Thanks DB, Better still, we're back in Bangkok! Are you in Bangkok at the moment? Regards, Xenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 26, 2002 Report Share Posted May 26, 2002 A safer option would be internet cafes with smart cards on a high security level. There are smart card readers available, where the key never leaves the card and/ or the reader, so a sniffer would be useless. However, I have never seen such cards/ readers in BKK and the advise would be, to use your own computer and update your anti-virus software on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adikgede Posted May 27, 2002 Report Share Posted May 27, 2002 "I'm mostly worried about logging into my servers from Internet Cafe's, I use SSH for encryption, but any keystroke logger could get past that. I've thought about using a bootable CD to boot into my own OS but that would be a bit of a hassle... " I have the Linuxcare bootable business card in my wallet. I use version 1.6 because it modprobes all to common realtek NICs without having to point to the mod (driver) explicitly. It includes SSH and a workable gooey. It boots pretty quick and setting up networking takes less than a minute without a reboot. You can also use the Russian Roulette method of guarding against keystroke loggers. After you finish your session walk down the street to another cafe start a new session and change any passes you use. I haven't tried it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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