Hello John,
The problem with cable modems is that they're acting as a bridge in most
cases. A bridge does not route, it passes packets from one interface to
the other. In some setups, you can place a packet sniffer on any node and
see the traffic of all nodes in the neighborhood. So a firewall would be
quite useless. Check with your cable provider how they are setup.
Jean-Michel Dault
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, jfmurphy wrote:
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:03:29 -0500
> From: jfmurphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Security with cable
>
> Have setup Mandrake with the typical install option. I have cable excess
> coming soon to my area and have read some post on security on cable providers.
> I wasn't aware that while using cable excess you're on a open network. Now
> most providers will claim they have security, yet I feel this is a hackers
> dream space. Most of us have banking and credit info on our home computers so
> having the computer on, it's connected to the cable network, as far I
> understand it.
>
> Now will the high security install method do any good in this area or
> additional firewall software be needed to be secure on a cable connection?
>
> John....
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