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To: ftth who wrote (2448)	12/5/1998 12:53:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Dave, if we are talking about the following diagram: morecom.com ...the slide shows a slice of bandwidth associated with the DOCSIS area that is clearly labeled 5 to 42 MHz, and the remaing regions from 50 to 750 MHz going to the upper part, i.e., the digital set top box which includes the DAVIC area. Take another look. The 5 to 42 Meg region used by the cable modem elements appears at the bottom of the diagram. --- Those are all good points you bring up concerning security. Think anyone is listening? Most users associate sniffing with the macabre, and don't think it could happen to them. Actually, the majority of users only associate security threats with sending credit card information. Many are not even aware that their day-to-day messages, including work at home, are just as vulnerable, if not more so, than the sending of payment information. I think that that is ironic. Don't you? Please tell us more about what you think should be done in the area of fortifying security on last mile access arrangements. And please don't stop with cable modem model. There are also shared media concentration schemes (collision domain backplanes instead of Layer 2 switching fabric) used in some of the contention based DSL muxes, as well.