Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:58:34 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD Security <security@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Security <security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Safe SSH logins from public, untrusted Windows computers Message-ID: <20020319225631.Q45274-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20020319151512.E43336@palomine.net>
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On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Chris Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 03:06:26PM -0500, Mitch Collinsworth wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Chris Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > I worry, however, about trojans and keyboard sniffers and what-have-you
> > > monitoring my keystrokes, so I don't feel particularly safe doing this.
> >
> > Get a laptop.
>
> I've travelled with a laptop for years, and that's what I usually use. But the
> hotels I stay in are in all parts of the world, and while we take cheap local
> phone access for granted in the U.S., in many countries it's exorbitantly
> expensive (the hotels charge a lot for it anyway). And ISPs that have
> world-wide dialup access charge by the minute. So Internet cafes and hotel
> business centers are frequently the most economical way of connecting to the
> Internet.
The inet cafés and hotel business centers hook their machines up
with a CAT5 cable, do they not? Unless they're smart enough to record
the MAC addresses of each NIC in the place, they won't notice your
dhclient cycle until you're long gone.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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