i think you are absolutely right, there is no safe way to communicate in a hostile environment
I've worked at places where they have sniffers in place for all plaintext http, smtp and im protocols.
I couldn't agree more, if you want to protect yourself, pretend like you are on camera all the time, don't use gmail, yahoo or anything else.
If it goes over the network over unencrypted layer 3, it can be read, tagged and logged for later reference.
I work in a noc doing cpe (customer provided equipment) support for small companies in pop in downtown Toronto.
Since we've introduced cpe enabled wifi, I've turned on snmp polling for stats on connectivity, signal strength etc, and its open my eyes as to where things can go wrong with wifi in a chaotic enviroment.
We have about 64 + access points in a building that is less that 300 feet long, and 80 feet wide, that is two stories, and we have no radio interference.
99% of the cases of lost ip transit to wireless endpoints like laptops, bridges or a/ps were due to either Trojans/spyware/malware/viruses swamping the cpe's wan interface, nat process or someone cracking wep and swamping the connection with Kazaa traffic.
Either way, I suggest you stick a network sniffer like snort on the wan ethernet interface of the dlink inline (an old p200 w/ 128 megs of ram and an 8gig disk makes a great sniffer, running linux, freebsd or openbsd), and watch what traffic patterns you see. Your son will be able to see what traffic is being used, and will have the tools he needs to take responsiblity for his own connection. Isn't that what great geek dads are supposed to do for their kids ?
It might save you a few rolls of tinfoil.
Why do you need a microsoft product to use Mono ?
Its a stand alone implimentation... it doesn't need anything else proprietary.
Its a framework implimentation of the whitepapers, not an emulator.
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i think you are absolutely right, there is no safe way to communicate in a hostile environment I've worked at places where they have sniffers in place for all plaintext http, smtp and im protocols. I couldn't agree more, if you want to protect yourself, pretend like you are on camera all the time, don't use gmail, yahoo or anything else. If it goes over the network over unencrypted layer 3, it can be read, tagged and logged for later reference.
I work in a noc doing cpe (customer provided equipment) support for small companies in pop in downtown Toronto. Since we've introduced cpe enabled wifi, I've turned on snmp polling for stats on connectivity, signal strength etc, and its open my eyes as to where things can go wrong with wifi in a chaotic enviroment. We have about 64 + access points in a building that is less that 300 feet long, and 80 feet wide, that is two stories, and we have no radio interference. 99% of the cases of lost ip transit to wireless endpoints like laptops, bridges or a/ps were due to either Trojans/spyware/malware/viruses swamping the cpe's wan interface, nat process or someone cracking wep and swamping the connection with Kazaa traffic. Either way, I suggest you stick a network sniffer like snort on the wan ethernet interface of the dlink inline (an old p200 w/ 128 megs of ram and an 8gig disk makes a great sniffer, running linux, freebsd or openbsd), and watch what traffic patterns you see. Your son will be able to see what traffic is being used, and will have the tools he needs to take responsiblity for his own connection. Isn't that what great geek dads are supposed to do for their kids ? It might save you a few rolls of tinfoil.
Why do you need a microsoft product to use Mono ? Its a stand alone implimentation ... it doesn't need anything else proprietary.
Its a framework implimentation of the whitepapers, not an emulator.