WiFi Security for Small Businesses

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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Good Tool for Secure Access at WiFi Hotspots

Even if you secure your own WiFi Network, you can still face the challenge of getting a secure network connection on a public WiFi network (WiFi hotspot). Because it's so easy to capture an e-mail username and password on an unsecured WiFi network (look over the shoulder of a wireless hacker, you should never connect to a public WiFi network without a secure connection One way to effectively deal with this is to make sure that your e-mail connection uses an SSL connection. Many e-mail providers will provide you the SSL connection ports if you poke & prod them enough for the information. Another alternative is to use a personal VPN like that available from WiTopia. The personalVPN works in the background to seamlessly secure your sent and received data via an encrypted tunnel to WiTopia's Internet gateways. Works with any and all applications including email, instant messaging, and web surfing.

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