In message <5274a77a.8090...@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>, Masataka Ohta writes: > Mark Andrews wrote: > > >> Who can see the packets sent from the local ISP to the CPE > >> directly connected to the ISP? > > > > The dhcpd traffic coming in over the cable modem and you want to > > send secrets in the clear over a channel like this. > > Over the cable modem?
Yes. > The cable modem is the CPE, which accept the DHCP packet to it. A cable modem both accepts DHCP packets (for management of the modem) and passes DHCP packets through to the customer device. > Masataka Ohta -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org