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Re: Open Wifi cure?
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Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>
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Craig Lalley <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:10:36 -0700
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As usual Mark is correct, and I was not clear.

The firefox extension is Force-TLS, not iFiresheep.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12714/

The add on, tries to force sites to use https.

-Craig


--- On Tue, 9/20/11, Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Mark Wonsil <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Open Wifi cure?
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 9:00 AM

Just to be clear, FireSheep is the add-on used to hijack other sessions. It
does NOT protect you from anything. The author created the app to show how
insecure open Wi-Fi is.

Mark W.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:57 AM, John Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> It's easy for me to stay away from open wifi, but my kids don't
> necessarily understand.  They probably Facebook and maybe even, gulp,
> do sensitive transactions via open wifi.  If this techcrunch somehow
> makes their system secure over open wifi, isn't it worth installing?
>
>
> At 10:43 AM 09/20/2011, Craig Lalley wrote:
>
>> Yes, Firesheep is well known.
>>
>> Just say no to open wifi.
>>
>> -Craig
>>
>>
>> --- On Tue, 9/20/11, John Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> From: John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Open Wifi cure?
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:21 AM
>>
>> A friend of mine had her yahoo or Facebook account hijacked and of
>> course a bunch of spam went out to her address book.  Her IT director
>> gave her the following advice, among other.  Anybody know about Firesheep?
>>
>> "Someone is using an app called Firesheep on your open WiFi network
>> and stealing your login information.  You can fix this by installing
>> a simple add-on to your Firefox browser.  Action: Click here and
>> follow the directions to install the free security add-on >>> "
>>
>> <http://techcrunch.com/2010/**10/25/firesheep/<http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/firesheep/>
>> >http://**techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/**firesheep/<http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/firesheep/>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John Lee
>>
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