On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Dennis M. Gray wrote: > A friend in the USA has been told that DSL is more secure than cable > modem. Are there anything to back up this claim? All opinions solicited.
Depends how you define "secure". As far as normal network-type security goes - they're both running IP, so they're both prone to hacks, link-lookers, backdoors, trojans, viruses and whatever else someone dreams up to make life difficult on the net. If you're referring to physical security - xDSL is slightly more secure because the "last mile" connection is dedicated - and intolerant to physical "taps" on the wire. Cable modems run on a broadcast medium, so theoretically anyone in your cable "segment" could, if they were smart enough, listen in to your packet conversations and do some form of man-in-the-middle attack. The probability of the latter, however, is extremely low. DaZZa -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
