Is the cable system insecure?
I just stumbled across a blurb in a networking book that said that the infrastructure for cable internet access is slightly insecure. The allegation was that since all cable drops in an area trace back to a distribution node (which in turn make their way to the head end) someone on the same distro node could, with some "technical prowess" (direct quote from the source) could eavesdrop on your communications. Is this true? I couldn't get Google to cough up any further info on the subject, but then again I couldn't seem to piece together completely relevant search terms.
This is perturbing news for someone who tends to be paranoid. ::glances nervously at the cable modem:: Is it time to go back to tin cans and string?
Nonapeptide
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Nonapeptide in Cable Modems
