An important article that points out the dangers of using your wireless application away from home or office.

My blog site company,
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size=2>RealEstateBlogsites.com face=”arial, helvetica, sans-serif” size=2>, sent me a nice, short article on
the dangers of using your wireless connection in public places.  Something
to be aware of in these times of increased mobility!

Here’s the article, courtesy
of RealEstateBlogsites:

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style=”FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: ” Roman?? New Times> href=”http://www.realestateblogsites.com/public/item/176386″> face=”arial, helvetica, sans-serif” color=#000000 size=2>Online
Security: Wireless LAN Hotspot

Times> size=2>Technology that can help you while you are on the road.  style=”FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ” Verdana?,?sans-serif??>When it comes to
real estate technology, many of the issues are the same as the rest of the
technology world. And one of the big universal issues is online security,
especially in terms of your wireles access away from home. style=”FONT-SIZE: 10pt”>  style=”FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ” Verdana?,?sans-serif??>

face=”arial, helvetica, sans-serif” color=#3f4a50>A wireless LAN hotspot is
basically a place where you can access the local network without having to plug
into some sort of a modem or line somewhere. This can be terribly convenient in
places like the airport, or in a different city, or when you are attending a
real estate conference or trade show. But the problem, says title=”real estate technology, online security, wireless LAN hotspot, real estate, real estate conference, real estate trade show, George Ou”
href=”http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=587&tag=nl.e622″ target=_blank> style=”FONT-FAMILY: ” Trebuchet MS?,?sans-serif??> face=”arial, helvetica, sans-serif” color=#000000>ZDNet’s George
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Roman?? New ?Times Verdana?,?sans-serif?;>”From a security standpoint it is an
absolute nightmare because of multiple inadequacies.  The two biggest
issues with Hotspots are that you have no idea if you’re connecting to a
legitimate Access Point or if you’re connecting to a hacker’s fake Access Point
and everything you send and receive is transmitted in clear text with no
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Roman?? New ?Times Verdana?,?sans-serif?;>Right now, setting up a secure
wireless LAN hotspot often causes more trouble than it is worth. But Ou offers
an interesting solution to the problem. It involves implementation of a wireless
LAN hotspot that provides everyone with their own secure access point, even with
the same username and password. style=”FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #3f4a50; FONT-FAMILY: ” mso-fareast-font-family:
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face=”arial, helvetica, sans-serif”>Until such a solution is implemented, try to
avoid really sensitive operations when accessing a wireless LAN hotspot.
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