Using in-flight Internet services
Jan 9, 2015 | 12:52 am
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Los Angeles, CA, mostly
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Using in-flight Internet services
It's recently been disclosed that if you use the in-flight Internet service provider GoGo, they are using a Man-in-the-Middle attack to throttle the bandwidth of high bandwidth internet pages.
While I can appreciate the need to limit bandwidth, from a security standpoint this is worrisome. MitM attacts are linked to a lot of ID thefts.
More information is at:
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/201...ge-on-flights/
While I can appreciate the need to limit bandwidth, from a security standpoint this is worrisome. MitM attacts are linked to a lot of ID thefts.
More information is at:
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/201...ge-on-flights/
Jan 9, 2015 | 3:52 am
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: LHR
Programs: DL DM 2MM, BA Bronze, Various Hotels
Posts: 10,188
It's recently been disclosed that if you use the in-flight Internet service provider GoGo, they are using a Man-in-the-Middle attack to throttle the bandwidth of high bandwidth internet pages.
While I can appreciate the need to limit bandwidth, from a security standpoint this is worrisome. MitM attacts are linked to a lot of ID thefts.
More information is at:
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/201...ge-on-flights/
While I can appreciate the need to limit bandwidth, from a security standpoint this is worrisome. MitM attacts are linked to a lot of ID thefts.
More information is at:
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/201...ge-on-flights/
Welcome to FT! There is existing discussion on this topic in the Travel Technology forum.
Please see GoGo issuing fake SSL/TLS certs to facilitate traffic interception
