It's probably not Carnivore they're worried about. It's probably older
routers that are choking on some vendors VPN traffic. We have encountered
the problem with third party VPN's generating traffic that chokes certain
older routers.
The business incentives mentioned earlier (VPN for a price) carry a lot
more weight your providers sudden desire to sniff traffic...installing
Carnivore for the fun of it would be commercial suicide for an ISP or
provider.... they don't like the system anyway.
dgp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/15/2000 02:21:30 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc: (bcc: Duncan Perry/Elronsw)
Subject: Re: Cable Modem security
We have one employee that uses a cable modem in California, and the
provider states in their website that they are firewalled, etc... and yet,
there are at least 5 attempts to breach the system daily.
It is the responsibility of the provider to carry the IP packets and not
bother with what the contents actually are. you have a right to have a
secure connection and they (the provider) should provide that for you,
after all, you are paying for it, aren't you?
Sounds like the cable provider is getting ready to install a "Carnivore"
based system and don't want any secure ip packets travelling across their
network. <G>
just my .02 cents worth.
TJ
ProTech Group, BWI
I've seen alot of talk about cable modem security (or lack of) and I've
got
an interesting twist to the story. I'm curious if anyone else has run
across this.
I have cable modem service at home. I have a firewall set up and
occasionally I connect through a VPN tunnel to a local office or to the
corporate office to transfer files or to download email. Well....my
cable
modem provider just changed the subscriber agreement. Basically it says
that if I use a VPN or a VPN tunneling protocol on their network my
service
will be terminated! I can't believe that I'm going to have to change
providers because I'm protecting my data!
Has anyone else run into this?
Val
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