RE: Newspaper Article about Cable Modem security / Solutions?

[Neil Ratzlaff <neil.ratzlaff () ucop edu>]

At home I have been using a Mac, so I really don't have to worry much.  I 
am getting ready to add a Windows95 machine, but I won't do so until I get 
a linux box set up as a firewall.  Not cheap compared to BlackIce 
(http://www.networkice.com/Products/BlackICE/) for $40, or similar products 
that run directly on a W9x machine.  I haven't investigated this product, 
so don't take it as my recommendation, but the price is right.

Neil


At 12:21 11/16/99 -0600, Jeff B Boles wrote:

> I hate to bring this thread up again since the dead horse has already been 
> bludgeoned beyond recognition -- but I'm curious if anybody else has 
> noticed fairly extensive visibility of this issue to consumers?  During 
> the past couple of weeks since this came up on this list, I've encountered 
> 5 different people/families (including relatives), pretty much novices, 
> that have encountered this article and decided not to pursue cable/dsl 
> access.  Considering how few people (other than my wife) I have regular 
> discussions with, I'm well amazed by the sudden visibility of the 
> issue.  Further amazed that there seem to be no 'good' solutions for home 
> users, i.e. under $200 solutions.  Not a market I think much about, but 
> other than the ISP ethical issues, I'm not sure that there was anything in 
> the way of a good solution generated via this discussion?  The barely 
> win9x savvy folks in this market certainly aren't capable of supporting a 
> linux box, aren't amused by my recommendations for pix/fw1/etc, find some 
> emerging products such as the beadlenet box too expensive even at $300, 
> and I've yet to find a two user shareware proxy such as wingate 
> acceptable.  Searching the history of this discussion I see no 
> recommendations for better solutions.  What are list members currently 
> using on DSL/cable setups?  We come in through the corporate network 
> (still happy with Texas flat rate ISDN), so this has never been a personal 
> issue.  Anyone encountered better products for the average home user?
>
> Seems I can get some cheap ISDN 'routers' capable of doing basic NAT (i.e. 
> don't some older ISDN ascend pipeline units support NAT?), even this would 
> satisfy some.  Anything similar available in DSL/cable units? - West Texas 
> guy is ignorant of DSL/cable given recent arrival in this 'third world' market.

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