[SWLUG] Re: Motorola SB5100 cable modem

Gerald Davies gerald.davies at gmail.com
Wed Mar 23 16:50:31 UTC 2005


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:33:27 +0000 (GMT), Rhys Sage <rhys_sage at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> My one question now is of security - just how secure
> will this setup be as my wife-to-be seems very keen on
> using online banking etc (something of which I
> strongly disapprove).
> 

as secure as you make it ;-)

firewall / wifi with encrypted traffic / mac addy filtering / etc.

is she using windows? if so then you've a host of other things to look
out for.  just be careful with what traffic you allow through.  oh and
read a book or two on the subject.  its not rocket science!



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