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We bother with TLS for accessing online banking because we don't manually build site-to-site VPNs between our house and our bank, unlike hospitals which have de
by jauer 11y ago
We bother with TLS for accessing online banking because we don't manually build site-to-site VPNs between our house and our bank, unlike hospitals which have dedicated IT staff, a ton of security appliances of all types and, if they are in the same metro, often have dedicated waves or dark fiber between them.
- jasonjei 11y agoThe very problems that plague the unprotected networks to the site-to-site VPNs are the same: all it takes is one piece of malware. In fact, the complacency is the alarm. Just because you are in a "protected" network doesn't mean there aren't bad actors. The bad actors can get in, all they need is to find where your walls have a crack. There's a reason we call it Computer Insecurity.