On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
> 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
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
You should also ask if they actualy use the security features built into
cable modems today, my experiance is most do not :(
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