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Network security using cygwin
Hi,
I'm located in a urban area with many wifi ssid available from my main location spot and I don't feel secure at all connecting in wireless mode to my own router. Those man-in-the-middle attacks do make me reluctant.
For this reason, from searching for tools to encrypt network data on the internet, I found cygwin ssh module. It first said it is used to connect to another computer using a tunnel or something like that.
As for now, I only have 1 computer. However, I wanted to give it a try as I know ssh makes connection more secured.
I installed the related module for cygwin, went through a configuration process and now I end up with a new login "user" in the name of privilege server. I remember having entered a few passwords (actually 2) in the cygwin ssh configuration process. So I use the first password from the process and I can log in on the Windows 7 desktop with default settings but I can access most applications from my main account.
Now I'd like to understand if this new privilege server makes my Windows session more secured and if it has an impact on the data I transmit on the Internet. If yes, please help me understand or explain me if there is something I can do from there to make my session more secured mainly using encryption.
Thanks,
Pascal