Re: Cable Vs. DSL

[Greg Tracy <greg () sixx com>]

Here's a question (I'm relatively new at this). I have a cable 
connection, with a broadband NAT router which acts as a DHCP server for 
a variety of clients (Mac, Win2K and Linux). All the machines are given 
an internal IP address (like the old class C addresses) and the router 
has the address assigned by the ISP, which is what the clients are seen 
to have from the internet. Since the router's address is seen as one 
address from outside, and there's no "host" at that IP address, and it 
is administered at an internal address inside the network, is there any 
way for an intruder to compromise my network and get to any of my 
client machines? Is this the best way (other than using a firewall, or 
in addition to) to make this connection more secure?

On Monday, April 21, 2003, at 08:42 AM, Hornat, Charles wrote:

> Which is more secure?


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