Wireless Security in a Hotel
by Bill on Jan.19, 2009, under Networking, Security
On business trips, we all usually bring a laptop for working in the hotel room. Talk about a hostile environment. Geez… tonight after powering up my laptop here in the room just to get set up and going, my software firewall (Zone Alarm Pro) was logging a massive port scan of my machine. It was an address inside of the hotel, but nevertheless, I don’t really appreciate it. Thanks goodness for my software firewall. I can’t help but wonder how many people come into a hotel unprepared for someone hitting their machine with all they can…obviously hoping that the machine is not patched /updated.
A few tips for the hotel laptop user:
- Make sure that your laptop has all of its patches and security updates before you leave home!
- While you are getting your patches, make sure that your antivirus is up to date as well.
- If you don’t use a third party software firewall, (Zone Alarm Pro, Sunbelt Personal Firewall, Norton Personal Firewall, etc.) make sure at a minimum you at least enable the Windows firewall. I personally don’t rely on it in a hotel, but it is better than nothing.
Stay prepared! You never know what you may run into away from home.
Blog up and going
by Bill on Jan.12, 2009, under General
Blogging seems to be one of the popular ways for communicating, so I decided to see what it was all about. I’ve got a great web hosting service that makes it really easy to install and then configure Word Press, so here I am. Just getting the hang of things, so feel free to check back later for updates!
