Re: Recommended ISP's
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:56:52PM -0500, Brett Carrington wrote:
> True. But plain-text POP3 passwords (or heck, your PPPoE login) are more
> likely to be sniffed in that 'local loop' than anywhere else. Assessing
> risk is a factor in who to trust.
What difference does it make? Quality mail providers give you
IMAP4-SSL and POP3-SSL anyway...
> Besides, I've been arguing against any of cable's shared bandwidth
> vulnerabilities and their new security is only a mild curiosity. I
> wouldn't use such a connection.
Since @Home became the leader over RoadRunner in the 1990s on, cable
has been just as secure but faster and more reliable for the same
money. You're almost 10 years behind on your knowledge about cable
networks, it seems.
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.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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