Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals? 701
goombah99 writes "While on vacation, I occasionally need to check my e-mail on a public terminal. What are some good techniques for avoiding keyloggers? Most of my ideas seem to have major drawbacks. Linux LiveCD can probably avoid software keyloggers, but it requires an invasive takeover of the public terminal, and is generally not possible. Kyps.net offers a free reverse proxy that will decode your password from a one-time pad you carry around, then enter it remotely. But, of course, you are giving them your passwords when you do this. You can run Firefox off a USB stick with various plugins (e.g. RoboForm) that will automatically fill the page in some manner they claim to be invulnerable to keyloggers. If that's true, (and I can't evaluate its security) it's getting close to a solution. Unfortunately, keeping the password file up-to-date is a mild nuisance. Moreover, since it will need to be a Windows executable, it's not possible for people without a Windows machine available to fill in their passwords ahead of time. For my business, I have SecureID, which makes one-time passwords. It's a good solution for businesses, but not for personal accounts on things like Gmail, etc. So, what solutions do you use, or how do you mitigate the defects of the above processes? In particular, how do people with Mac or Linux home computers deal with this?"
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"In particular, how do people with Mac..." (Score:5, Funny)
I bring it with me - I have a macbookPro and I don't use public terminals. You can get cooties that way.
RS
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That's still too complicated! Passwords have to be stored in mydomain.com/index.html for easy access!
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>Is that truly necessary?
The LAST thing I want is contact with anybody from my High School.
So
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Try to keep up.
Re:Texting 1 time password (Score:3, Funny)
damnit, why didn't i think of that one you bastard =)
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http://mydomain.com/woooosh/index.html [mydomain.com]