<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> WasserLand <dwass@optusnet.com.au><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, 22 April, 2011 8:11:42 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> WiFi broadband access security?<br></font><br><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"> <font face="Arial">I have just ordered Kogan's Agora 12" laptop preloaded as it will be with 11.04. It will be going on holiday with me to USA in August.<br> <br> Considering the extensive WiFi access over there I am seeking some advice on what protection I will need?<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------<br>I've just been playing with Firestarter for it's DHCP server capability, but it also seems to be a very good firewall. I think I'd also disable SSH while on insecure networks, and make sure that there's no other ports open. Apart from SSH this is the default for Ubuntu/Linux.<br><br>Oh, and pick a really good password. I revised my own security arrangements when I discovered from auth.log that "people" had been trying to log in via ssh as root.<br><br>Chris<br> </font> <meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="on"></div></div> </div></body></html>