Comments on: Coffee Shop Wi-Fi http://churchtechmatters.com/2006/09/07/coffee-shop-wi-fi/ Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Russell http://churchtechmatters.com/2006/09/07/coffee-shop-wi-fi/#comment-487 David Russell Sat, 09 Sep 2006 22:26:26 +0000 http://churchtechmatters.com/2006/09/07/coffee-shop-wi-fi/#comment-487 Agreed with Bob. The way to stay safe on public wi-fi is with Hamachi. Agreed with Bob. The way to stay safe on public wi-fi is with Hamachi.

]]> By: Jim Walton http://churchtechmatters.com/2006/09/07/coffee-shop-wi-fi/#comment-486 Jim Walton Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:49:21 +0000 http://churchtechmatters.com/2006/09/07/coffee-shop-wi-fi/#comment-486 Jason, I actually thought of you when I posted this, because I know you are pro IE. Admittedly, I am as pro Firefox as you are pro IE and it's honestly a point we can agree to disagree on. IE is improving, especially with IE7 but Firefox is still much quicker to patch security holes and it does have auto-update now. Beyond the Firefox bias of the article, the points that were made are valid for any browser when using a public wi-fi network. Jason, I actually thought of you when I posted this, because I know you are pro IE. Admittedly, I am as pro Firefox as you are pro IE and it’s honestly a point we can agree to disagree on. IE is improving, especially with IE7 but Firefox is still much quicker to patch security holes and it does have auto-update now.

Beyond the Firefox bias of the article, the points that were made are valid for any browser when using a public wi-fi network.

]]> By: Jason Powell http://churchtechmatters.com/2006/09/07/coffee-shop-wi-fi/#comment-485 Jason Powell Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:19:49 +0000 http://churchtechmatters.com/2006/09/07/coffee-shop-wi-fi/#comment-485 Of course the article wants you to use Firefox ... the article says and I quote: "I'm partial to Firefox (heck, I wrote a book about it)" Hmm, seems very biased to me. At that point I stopped reading the article. This "Firefox is more secure" stuff is mostly urban legend these days. Turn on windows automatic updates and the windows firewall and you're safe using IE. I've stopped recommending my moonlighting clients use Firefox because of website interoperability issues and it doesn't auto-update. With IE I know it will get all patches through auto-update. YMMV, Jason Of course the article wants you to use Firefox … the article says and I quote:
“I’m partial to Firefox (heck, I wrote a book about it)”
Hmm, seems very biased to me. At that point I stopped reading the article.

This “Firefox is more secure” stuff is mostly urban legend these days. Turn on
windows automatic updates and the windows firewall and you’re safe using IE.
I’ve stopped recommending my moonlighting clients use Firefox because of website
interoperability issues and it doesn’t auto-update. With IE I know it will get all patches
through auto-update.

YMMV,
Jason

]]> By: Bob Brown http://churchtechmatters.com/2006/09/07/coffee-shop-wi-fi/#comment-484 Bob Brown Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:15:37 +0000 http://churchtechmatters.com/2006/09/07/coffee-shop-wi-fi/#comment-484 I have been using the <a href="http://blog.osministry.com/?p=263" rel="nofollow">Hamachi VPN system</a> for public areas. It gets me into one of the computers at the church and if I plan ahead I can have it get into my home system. I have been using the Hamachi VPN system for public areas. It gets me into one of the computers at the church and if I plan ahead I can have it get into my home system.

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