On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 15:58, Colburn wrote: > From what I read DSL may offer superior security to Cable Internet > access given that Cable is like an analog "party line" and others > on that line may be able to monitor what you are accessing and > sending. Is this true? > DSL is a point-to-point link between you and the DSLAM at your telephone exchange.. nobody else shares the line, no possibility of sniffing. Cable is a shared medium, although many of the Cable modems bridge between LAN and WAN so it's not as trivial as running Ethereal in promiscous mode to sniff the cable segment for your neighbourhood. With DSL doesn't happen until you are at the exchange, which is much better than contending with a neighbourhood on a low bandwidth cable segment. I find it's the ISP end of the package which convinces me more than the technology. (as long as I'm not on a 56k modem right?). Whatever you do, keep it secure! -- Regards, Adam Allen. adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx pgp http://search.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=adam%40dynamicinteraction.co.uk -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
