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Use SSH for more secure browsing in public networks

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 2, 2011

[ Thanks to linuxaria for this link.
]

“In the time of free wifi and free internet connections in every
hotel, bar or cafe you should be sure your connections are secure.
In some cases you can’t trust the connection but you need to go
online and read some mails or share some documents. In this case
some basic tools like SSH and Firefox can help you to build an
secure connection to an known computer in the internet you can
trust (for example your own root server).

“To make more clear what I am talking about i created this small
diagram to make it more easy for me to explain what I am doing with
this SSH connection and how I can benefit from it.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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