[Cialug] Wired and Wireless security differences

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

I would *ASSUME* SSL over wifi is still encrypted traffic over a wifi
connection.  Even if it's an open signal or the wifi encryption is cracked,
your trafic *should* still be encrypted.  Please tell me if I'm wrong, but
my understanding was SSL should be encrypted separately anyways.  The risk
factor here is sending data (such as keystroke data over Remote Desktop,
VNC, etc...) that is NOT SSL encrypted.

On Dec 17, 2007 3:15 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:

>
> Today somebody challenged my (perhaps falsely held) belief that an SSL
> transaction over wireless was equivalent to SSL over wired.  Is there an
> appreciable difference between the two?
>
> What if WEP or WAP is involved?  Has anybody here actually cracked their
> own
> WEP or WAP just to see what is involved?  I had been thinking of it as a
> bicycle lock, but perhaps it is even less?  Are any of the workplace
> wireless products like from Cisco etc. now using VPNs or more advanced
> encryption to encrypt wireless communications further than WAP?
>
> -Nate
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