RE: Newspaper Article about Cable Modem security

From: sean.kellyat_private
Date: Fri Oct 29 1999 - 07:47:21 PDT

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    > My uneducated impression is that cable modems are much like 
    > an unswitched,
    > unfiltered LAN, and therefore subject to the perils mentioned in that
    > article.
    
    As has been mentioned before on this list, DSL is often bridged and thus
    subject to the same security risks as cable modems.  When I got DSL it even
    specifically stated on the info I receiced that the traffic was bridged.
    There's no substitute for a few precautionary measures whatever your means
    of connecting.
    
    Sean
    



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