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[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 08:57 -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> You have to explicitly trust the network you are on.  People from their
> home are at very low risk of having their password compromised.

What?!? A shared computer is at VERY high risk of being compromised,
especially if children (poor risk perception) or unskilled users are
involved. Little Johnny comes home from school with a cool new game from
one of his mates, and the next thing Daddy can't find his accounting
files and the light on the ADSL modem won't go out. While one piece of
malware installs a keylogger, another is busily scanning his hard disk
for stored and cached passwords.

Even if everyone at home has their own computer, assuming the home
network is safe is a very bad idea for all the same reasons.

Corporate networks are little better, except that they often have staff
diligently checking for infections and breaches. Most attacks these days
come in email payloads, via malware on websites, through gullible
employees getting phished or through unsanctioned software installs. No
shortage of compromised hosts inside the perimeter! On an educational
network or a network with any form of public access it's even worse.

And of course let's not forget the danger from disgruntled, criminal or
careless employees. Hosts on the internal network need protection from
each other, too.

> However, it's important to be aware of the security considerations so
> you don't expose yourself.

Yes - so use encrypted communications when sending passwords across the
net. Any net. It's not hard, but it's much safer.

Regards, K.

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