On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:42:36 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

In article ,
"Armond Perretta" wrote:

Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:

If I am in a Wifi hotspot that wants to be paid, will something tell
me so, or will it just not work?

Based on my quite limited experience with wireless laptops (I own 2 but
haven't traveled yet with them) I suspect that just sitting on a bench
somewhere will allow you to connect, check mail, etc., with few problems.
The knowing folks call this "piggybacking."

DO be careful, as some of the "unsecure" Wifi nodes can/will capture any
logins & passwords, including those entered via cookie. The tech isn't
much different than that used by companies to monitor computer use.

Thanks, good point.



Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a


"We have achieved the inversion of the single note."
__ Peter Ustinov as Karlheinz Stckhausen

Make sure you disable Peer-To-Peer mode. That will
prevent anyone from accessing your computer directly.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Rodney Myrvaagnes" wrote in message
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:42:36 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:

In article ,
"Armond Perretta" wrote:

Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:

If I am in a Wifi hotspot that wants to be paid, will something tell
me so, or will it just not work?

Based on my quite limited experience with wireless laptops (I own 2 but
haven't traveled yet with them) I suspect that just sitting on a bench
somewhere will allow you to connect, check mail, etc., with few
problems.
The knowing folks call this "piggybacking."

DO be careful, as some of the "unsecure" Wifi nodes can/will capture any
logins & passwords, including those entered via cookie. The tech isn't
much different than that used by companies to monitor computer use.

Thanks, good point.



Rodney Myrvaagnes J36
Gjo/a


"We have achieved the inversion of the single note."
__ Peter Ustinov as Karlheinz Stckhausen