Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

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Subject: Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?
From: Jeffrey Taylor <jeff.taylor@ieee.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:25:51 -0600
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Quoting Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>:
> cable ... its you and all your neighbors .... watching/sharing that copper
> 

Can you provide evidence for this?  That cable modems run in
"promiscuous" mode?

Jeffrey

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