I disagree. It is possible for someone to tap your phone line, train a
laser at your window, or bug your office to listen in on your phone calls,
are you implying that phone companies should get serious about voice
communications security? Maybe all PCs vendors should get serious and all
PCs sold should be tempest certified so a guy in a truck outside your house
can't read your keystrokes?
I pay my ISP for connectivity, same reason I pay the phone company. If I
want SECURE voice or data communications, I can get it at extra cost. In
fact, I can get varying degrees of SECURE, depending on my budget.
I DO AGREE that some cable modem systems are somewhat below the typical
expectation of 'private' communications. That is an education issue. You
get lots of bandwidth for little cash, maybe your EXPECTATION needs to
change. Conversely, we could improve installed cable modem technology,
POTENTIALLY at the cost of increased fees to support better privacy
technology (or because the market will bear it).
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 08:08:44 -0400, Kevin Johnston opined
>I agree with you. Time Warner (RoadRunner cable modems) told me there is
>absolutely NO security between customers and the Internet. You are ON the
>Internet and security is the customer's problem, not theirs. They would do
>nothing to help me. I was told this by multiple technicians at Time Warner.
>Since I installed Nukenabber, I have noticed attacks on my home PC from a
>wide variety of states AND countries. ISPs need to get serious about
>security.
>
>- ----- Original Message -----
>From: Sweeney, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: 'The Firewalls List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 1:24 PM
>Subject: RE: Unknown internet traffic
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>> The really annoying thing is the Cable Companies consistently claim they
>do
>> block this traffic.
>> My experience is that you can get it blocked on your local segment by
>> calling them up and complaining.
>> Pretty sad.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 10:51 AM
>> To: Jeff Younker
>> Cc: 'Carric Dooley'; 'The Firewalls List'
>> Subject: Re: Unknown internet traffic
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