RE: Newspaper Article about Cable Modem security

[sean.kelly () lanston com]

> 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