we cannot assume that the connection between isp and cpe is a single entity.
a typical example will be the guy who run the dslam and the guy who run the bras belong to two different companies in market which mandate open access. Alex Rubenstein <a...@corp.nac.net> wrote: >> >> Not necessarily. When the CPE is configured through DHCP (or PPP?), >> >> the ISP can send the secret. >> > >> > Which can be seen, in many cases, by other parties >> >> Who can see the packets sent from the local ISP to the CPE directly >> connected to the ISP? > >The NSA, FBI, CIA, DHS. Or, the ISP, the ISP's employees, contractors, >sub-contractors. Or the phone company handling the PPPOE, L2TP, or whatever >else. Or the WiFi sniffer on the street outside. > > > >
