On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 04:03:59PM -0400, Burgess, Jeff wrote:
>
> let me just ask you this... Taking the steps to "ensure security" that you
> mentioned before (*I.E. eliminating shares or using 'very good passwords'*),
> would you open your corporate lan up to the surrounding 8-9 blocks
> surrounding you?
>
> There are still ways to get logins etc, over the wire on a cable modem type
> network.
not on a properly configured one.
>
> If you are looking into cable modem access for personal use at home I'd
> also suggest a personal firewall or in the least a proxy server drummed up
> tight.
>
agreed, but I"d say this for any system connecting to the intenet, cable modem,
dsl, dialup, etc
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