try your luck to log in wellington cbdfree wifi

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cheesygeek

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Topic # 91511 14-Oct-2011 13:12
i work around the waterfront cbdwifi zone. sometime i need to do some personal banking stuff, i'd prefer to use my iphone to do so. it seems it's quite hard to connect to the free wifi. success rate is 50% of time, i bet? but even i'm connected, the wifi no always work. understand it's a freebie but it fails quite a lot. maybe they need more sponsors to keep it running (the current sponsors shown on the login page are 99% WLC related).

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Reply # 533337 14-Oct-2011 13:17
You are doing your banking on a free WIFI service? Systems Engineer Vodafone NZ http://forum.vodafone.co.nz

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Reply # 533349 14-Oct-2011 13:34
All 5 of his posts on Geekzone have been to complain about something. Cheesygeek, appreciate your frustration but you may have heard the phrase 'you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.' Perhaps you might consider toning it down a little. No-one on here HAS to help you. And if you annoy the people who CAN you will not find it assists you in resolving anything more quickly. iPad + iPhone 4S + 2degrees 3G data 4tw! These comments are my own and do not represent the opinions of 2degrees.

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Reply # 533354 14-Oct-2011 13:46
it's also a free serice and a lot more people in NZ right now on Holiday, Systems Engineer Vodafone NZ http://forum.vodafone.co.nz

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Reply # 533361 14-Oct-2011 14:05
johnr: You are doing your banking on a free WIFI service? Totally agree with John here. You might as well just put your bank card on a seat at the waterfront with your PIN attached to the back of it I have moved across the ditch. Now residing in Melbourne as a VOIP/Video Technical Trainer/Engineer.

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Reply # 533383 14-Oct-2011 14:41
vinnieg: johnr: You are doing your banking on a free WIFI service? Totally agree with John here. You might as well just put your bank card on a seat at the waterfront with your PIN attached to the back of it Sorry, are you guys suggesting that SSL doesn't work over the free wifi? Personally I'm perfectly happy to use internet banking over public wifi... Cheers - N

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Reply # 533384 14-Oct-2011 14:42
I never would Systems Engineer Vodafone NZ http://forum.vodafone.co.nz

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Reply # 533386 14-Oct-2011 14:44
johnr: I never would Why not? Cheers - N

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Reply # 533389 14-Oct-2011 14:56
Talkiet: johnr: I never would Why not? Cheers - N You're vulnerable to all sorts of trickery including poisoning your DNS so that you're not actually going to your banking site at all. These are easier to do on open Wifi than over the general internet where the routers and switches are locked in data centres where the employees are vetted not to be up to nastiness. And yes, I'm well aware that SSL is designed to prevent MITM attacks. But it only works if you let it. If you ignore the invalid cert warnings SSL will not save you. Even the clueful sometimes fall for that when they're tired, in a hurry or whatever. iPad + iPhone 4S + 2degrees 3G data 4tw! These comments are my own and do not represent the opinions of 2degrees.

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Reply # 533399 14-Oct-2011 15:14
johnr: I never would +1 I don't even like doing it at home over wifi! (but I do :p)

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Reply # 533403 14-Oct-2011 15:16
Talkiet: johnr: I never would Why not? Cheers - N Posted above Systems Engineer Vodafone NZ http://forum.vodafone.co.nz

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Reply # 533409 14-Oct-2011 15:39
cheesygeek: it seems it's quite hard to connect to the free wifi. success rate is 50% of time, i bet? but even i'm connected, the wifi no always work. understand it's a freebie but it fails quite a lot. Maybe you need to log a fault? Have you tried ringing them to do so? Before I did that I'd get as much useful information together as possible to help them out. Dates, times, locations, phone model, phone software version, help them to help you.

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Reply # 533425 14-Oct-2011 16:11
This is why its always important to checkout out the cert for something so critical. I probably check certs now about 10% of the time.

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Reply # 533832 15-Oct-2011 21:15
I'd be happy doing my banking over public WiFi. :) World famous Twitter hacker.

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Reply # 533850 15-Oct-2011 22:43
I am possibly over paranoid, always connect to a SSH Tunnel while connected to public wifi. I have used Backtrack, I know how easy it is, I admit to snooping data (Stealing Facebook Sessions were fun when I was younger) plus also Deauthing the guy in the corner downloading stuff, but you can never be too paranoid. As for the guy complaining he is not getting a free service? It's free, provided as-is, if it doesn't work don't moan and complain, a true geek always has a backup plan (Caffeine in a local coffee shop with /free/ internet) Michael Murphy [Twitter] [Last.fm] [IPv6 Sage] Anything written up there is my own view on life, the universe and everything.

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Reply # 533858 15-Oct-2011 22:58
SaltyNZ: Talkiet: johnr: I never would Why not? Cheers - N You're vulnerable to all sorts of trickery including poisoning your DNS so that you're not actually going to your banking site at all. These are easier to do on open Wifi than over the general internet where the routers and switches are locked in data centres where the employees are vetted not to be up to nastiness. And yes, I'm well aware that SSL is designed to prevent MITM attacks. But it only works if you let it. If you ignore the invalid cert warnings SSL will not save you. Even the clueful sometimes fall for that when they're tired, in a hurry or whatever. johnr: Thats a bit ironic considering that even when using 3G you can have MITM attacks occur, it would also probably be easier as more people would probably trust 3G as a secure transit method over WiFi. SaltyNZ: You would have to be pretty silly to do that, thats like walking up to a cliff, reading the warning sign, going stuff it and walking over the edge any way. Regardless, this thread is getting off topic...

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