This, however, requires the whole thing to be designed properly. making sure all traffic goes through the VPN and using a secure mutual authentication scheme) it will pretty well protect your connection. This is actually exactly the type of environment VPNs were designed to work in: when you cannot trust the local network. The Wi-Fi Alliance has had a solution for this problem nearly in placeĬan an open Wi-Fi hotspot be considered secure when using a VPN connection or should you NEVER use open hotspots? Programs, like instant messaging client, may try to log on.īut at the same time the article feels like a disguised advert concluding with (what feels like) a sales pitch for something called Passpoint which I have never heard of: Do you use a POP3 or IMAP e-mailĬlient? If they check automatically, that traffic is out in the clearįor all to see, including potentially the login credentials. In this period before your VPN takes over, what might be exposedĭepends on what software you run. I therefore always use a VPN connection to encrypt my traffic while using open Wi-Fi hotspots to avoid these attacks.īut the article Even with a VPN, open Wi-Fi exposes users states that even with a VPN connection, an open Wi-Fi hotspot is still insecure. I also know about a man-in-the-middle attack where the Wi-Fi hotspot is malicious.
I understand that a non-passworded Wi-Fi leaves traffic unencrypted and therefore available for hackers to read. There are many open Wi-Fi hotspots scattered around from cafes to airports.
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