Re: Newspaper Article about Cable Modem security

[Wozz <wozz+firewall-wizards () wookie net>]

On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 07:57:46AM +0100, Rodney van den Oever wrote:
> > While many may believe it should be the ISP's responsibility to protect
> users from
> > themselves, I disagree. I *do* think that all ISPs (dialup or otherwise)
> have a responsibility to >provide some basic information about things users
> can do to protect themselves. Simple >things like not running any
> unnecessary services, disabling (or taking steps to secure) File >Sharing,
> and definately not running programs from untrusted sources.
>
>
> Possible new market here:
>
> 1. Cable modems incorporating filters. This modem could be managed by the
> ISP (of course this has its disadvantages, not very secure, managed service
> too expensive).

The DOCSIS cable modem specifications have IP filters incorporated, its
only a matter of time before most all systems are upgraded to DOCSIS.