Re: IP fw-in deny (?)
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Robert de Forest wrote:
> If your cable modem is as simple as a hub you could probably snoop people's
> traffic without assigning them an IP. I think this is something a lot of
> people are going to be unaware of, and it's going to be a big security
> hole.
Yikes. I figured it was similar to DSL, where a bunch of people are on
the same network, but the DSL "modem" is a bridge, so you only get your
own traffic and broadcast traffic. If it's really just a hub and you get
non-broadcast traffic to which you are not a party, it's bound to be
abused sooner or later.
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