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This might be more of a science question than a techonology question, but...
Both my microwave and my cordless phone interfere with my wireless connection. This I get, but the computer seems to be unable to pick up the signal for the next 30-60 seconds after the phone is turned off or microwave stops. It's almost as if some distrubance in the air continues. Is that possible?
It sounds to me like it might just be the time to reconnect. My wireless was giving connection headaches, but a new card fixed the issues.
The wireless connection at my parents' house totally disconnects whenever anyone uses the microwave. They have to have the computer scan for a signal again.
My computer is pretty much always scanning (I think). it reconnects on its own and finds the signal immediately if I take it close to the Airport. However, within the first minute or so after the microwave or phone goes off, if I walk the computer away from the signal source, it loses it again.
I'm convinced it's some sort of disturbance in the signal but I don't know enough to know if I'm right.
Scary spoofing vulnerability: [link]
Damn. Both Firefox and Opera fell for that.
Firefox and Mozilla didn't fall completely. While they were waiting for the page to load, the status line said "waiting for [real URL]", but it didn't last very long, and it's pretty much instantaneous once the page is cached. Nasty, that.
Still, the best advice still holds. First off, paypal and banks don't send emails that ask for your password. If you get an email like that, check with the institution by typing in the official site URL yourself.
Damn. Both Firefox and Opera fell for that.
The nightly builds of Firefox have IDN support disabled by default.
If you want to stay with Firefox 1.0, a variety of extensions (e.g. spoofstick, adblock) have been updated to detect/block this exploit. There are also more complicated fixes involving proxy files available.
My address bar said "http://www.paypal.com," but it didn't display as a secure url (no little lock icon, and all real Paypal URLs start with https), so I'm not sure I see the real danger.
I wasn't sure what I was supposed to get - I got a page not found