The short answer is no.<br><br>SSL uses public/private keys to encrypt/decrypt data. There's a bit more going on but that's the simplistic explination. (Long Explination here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security">
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security</a> ) Public keys are the only then ever transmitted. So in the example of a <a href="http://newegg.com">newegg.com</a> purchase, a man in the middle would be able to sniff your public key and newegg's public key but that wouldn't do them any good as you can't decrypt with the public key.
<br><br>Wireless, arguably, might add 1 more avenue for someone to sniff traffic but it still doesn't make you any less safe when using SSL, because they would still only have access to your public key. Esp considering that only a few people might be in close enough proximity to pick up your wireless signal, but there are more than likely hundreds on your network node if you're connected via cable that could sniff the traffic and never even have to waste the 2-5 minutes to crack your wep key.
<br><br>Wireless is less secure in that people can gain access to your internal network without having to have physical access to your internal network which exposes your computers without a hardware firewall, but that's a whole other security topic (trojans, worms, keyloggers, bruteforce, overflow...).
<br><br>-B<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 17, 2007 3:15 PM, Nathan C. Smith <<a href="mailto:nathan.smith@ipmvs.com">nathan.smith@ipmvs.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Today somebody challenged my (perhaps falsely held) belief that an SSL<br>transaction over wireless was equivalent to SSL over wired. Is there an<br>appreciable difference between the two?<br><br>What if WEP or WAP is involved? Has anybody here actually cracked their own
<br>WEP or WAP just to see what is involved? I had been thinking of it as a<br>bicycle lock, but perhaps it is even less? Are any of the workplace<br>wireless products like from Cisco etc. now using VPNs or more advanced
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