keithmdw

A post I made about firewalls got me thinking about data security over public wi-fi networks. It seems my concerns ragarding needing a firewall may be unsound, and so this got me thinking about other things.

I will be using my soon-to-be-delivered X51v on a trip soon and will have to use a hotel wifi network for internet access.

Now I understand that the traffic can be intercepted and disseminated and so would obviously avoid anything I didn't want being compromised (ie. entering credit card numbers).

However, I will need to use my Yahoo Mail account pretty regularly as well as Skype.

I can sign into Yahoo Mail using SSL, so should be pretty safe as far as someone findin gout my password, but I guess anyone determined enough could view the same things I view in Yahoo Mail.

Could anyone access my Mail other than the pages I view? They won't have my login so I guess will only see pages I request and they intercept?

Also, would using IMAP4 be more secure than using HTTP for Yahoo Mail, as I understand that I can IMAP4 to the account (though I have not looked into this)?

And I assume Skype is already secure in terms of someone intercepting the login details and/or conversation?

Also, is there anything I can do, buy, sign up to, which will secure all my traffic while surfing on the hotel wireless network?

Thanks