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[Jack Bertram]

* Bruce Richardson <itsbruce at uklinux.net> [040628 14:19]:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 01:23:37PM +0100, Tethys wrote:
> > 
> > Richard Jones writes:
> > 
> > >I've downloaded and used Putty at Internet cafes in the past.  It
> > >doesn't need to be installed - can be double-clicked straight from the
> > >desktop.  There is also a Java ssh client called Mindterm.
> > 
> > An Internet cafe that lets you save anything to the desktop/disk?
> > Methinks they need to tighten up their configuration a bit...
> 
> That would be fairly standard for Internet cafes that use Windows on the
> desktops.  They often have a system that wipes and reinstalls the
> hardisk from a prepared image when the user logs out.
> 
> It's no more insecure than letting people connect their own laptops to
> the network.

Surely not?  People who connect their own laptops can sniff other
people's traffic, but not (for example) their ssh connections. However,
if you are logging on using a compromised computer containing spyware,
not even your ssh connections are safe.

j
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