i.e... a sniffer. =)
Have you tried cheops(linux) or whats up gold(windows)? I of course would
never do such a thing, but shared media is shared media. That is the
downside to cable modems. This does not come as a surprise.
Carric Dooley
COM2:Interactive Media
http://www.com2usa.com
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> At least, in the Atlanta area, this is not the case. Cable modems deployed
> in the area not only send data in the clear, they are very sniffable with
> the proper software.
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> --John K.
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> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 02:22:17 PDT
> From: "John Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Cable modems
>
> Folks,
>
> A number of people have been asking about cable modem security.
>
> Most cable modem products I am aware of perform MAC layer encryption which
> would presumably alleviate some of peoples concerns but not all. Certainly
> for all the most recent DOCSIS compliant modems (see www.cablemodem.com)
> pretty much mandate encryption. Probably if you ask your service provider
> they will be able to verify what the nature of that encryption is.
>
> There has been a fair amount of bad mouthing of Cable modems by operators
> deploying ADSL solutions so don't believe the hype.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
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