Quoting Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] > You're sharing bandwidth, as in, the same spectrum on the cable line. > If you sit on your cable modem with a packet sniffer, you'll see > broadcasts for the IP subnet you're on and packets destined for you > only. Watch the light on the modem flicker, and it doesn't coincide > with anything else. Meanwhile, DSL, you're just fighting for > bandwidth with all the other DSL users that's left over after all the > customers with gauranteed bandwidth (t1, t3, etc) have had their fill. >
Please give instructions on how this is done. I have heard alleged by some people. I have also heard acknowledged experts in the field say it is not (or no longer) possible. I have put the NIC on my cable modem in promiscuous mode and saw nothing but my own traffic. There may be a way to hack the cable modem itself to be in promiscious mode, but I haven't heard anyone give any good explanation of this. In anycase, it is pointless paranoia. A much more plausible scenario is a disgruntled employee at any of the computers between you and the destination sniffing packets. Or someone hacking those computers/routers. If the data is sensitive, encrypt it. Especially if it goes through computers you do not control. I use SSH even on my home LAN. Jeffrey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
