Talk:Surfing Securely on Campus Wireless

It's safe to assume that everything you do on a network can be monitored. I only assume that SSL encrypted pages such as my bank etc... are safe (and even then not completely). If you're really worried about security, don't pull the data over a network... - D'Arcy

True, but the nature of wireless makes it even more susceptible. Whereas a wired network is heirarchical and must be tapped at other levels in the heirarchy, a wireless network (much like older unswitched networks) can be tapped at the peer level in addition. That's not to say one shouldn't always be concerned about security, but just that it's safer to be even more anal when using wireless. -- litui