Re: Newspaper Article about Cable Modem security

["Rodney van den Oever" <roever () nse simac nl>]

> 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).
2. Affordable small firewall-boxes offered by the ISP as a sort of
plus-package for use between PC's and cable modem. ISP provides basic
instructions, the user himself sets it up. Procedure needed to reset the box
in case the user fouls up.

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