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To: bill c. who wrote (8536)	12/23/1997 8:05:00 AM
From: bill c.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21342

[ Cable Security ] How many Posters/Investors have the Win95 platform. The security on this platform is a joke... and wait until you connect a cable modem. I would suggest upgrading to WinNT workstation before hooking up a cable modem. Oh... I do understand a few things about key-pair-encryption, LDAP servers, etc. Encryption doesn't protect your Win95 platform against intruders. The fact remains I can sit at my house collecting encrypted data from my next door neighbors surfing. Once collectect on my hard drive, I can then work on breaking the encyption key.... until later. 12/22/97 - With the booming demand for inexpensive broadband access to the Internet, cable TV modems should be cruising toward high times, except for one big fear: security. Cable TV is a shared medium, meaning hundreds of neighbors share the same data pipe, making it vulnerable to rogue sniffer products and hackers and other intruders. To the PC, the shared cable access link appears to be part of a broadband Ethernet LAN. Without protection, other network devices, such as neighbors' PCs connected to the cable network, can gain access to your PC. Some cable providers offer security that lessens the risks, but the onus of protecting PC-based assets from cable intruders will in many cases be placed on the user, experts say. Despite the risks, the lure of 1.5M bit/sec throughput for less than $50 per month is strong, as indicated in 1997 by the tenfold increase in North American cable modem users to 100,000..... Microsoft Corp., in fact, is warning Windows 95 users that the simple act of sharing files with a printer can open your PC and all your personal and business files to prying eyes if the PC is connected to a cable TV network .... nwfusion.com