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I read this from a PC mAGAZINE:-
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A DSL connection is point-to-point, not broadcast, so your bandwidth is precisely that: yours - in terms of how much data you can send and receive, and in terms of who sees it. Because cable modems utilize what is essentially a broadcast technology, packets destined for your cable modem (and ultimately your computer) are also sent to every nearby subscriber's home or office. Their computers are of course configured to examine these packets, determine that they are not intended for their node on the network, and discard them. It is a simple matter, however, to change this configuration to "capture the traffic" of fellow cable modem customers.
"The problem with cable modems is that they are really network connections. Any two-way cable modem system opens the network users to complete vulnerability. I've already chatted with a friend who put a network snooping tool on his cable modem-based Internet connection; he said it was interesting to see what the preacher down the street was downloading in the wee hours." -- John C. Dvorak of PC Magazine
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My Questions:- can anyone tell me of such a "network snooping tool" .
Secondly : the author says "Their computers are of course configured to examine these packets, determine that they are not intended for their node on the network, and discard them."how is this done, I have a cable modem too. How does my node know about the unintented packets ?
AND Finally : The author says "It is a simple matter, however, to change this configuration to "capture the traffic" of fellow cable modem customers."
what is this 'simple matter' by which one can "capture the traffic" ?
TIA
I read this from a PC mAGAZINE:-
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A DSL connection is point-to-point, not broadcast, so your bandwidth is precisely that: yours - in terms of how much data you can send and receive, and in terms of who sees it. Because cable modems utilize what is essentially a broadcast technology, packets destined for your cable modem (and ultimately your computer) are also sent to every nearby subscriber's home or office. Their computers are of course configured to examine these packets, determine that they are not intended for their node on the network, and discard them. It is a simple matter, however, to change this configuration to "capture the traffic" of fellow cable modem customers.
"The problem with cable modems is that they are really network connections. Any two-way cable modem system opens the network users to complete vulnerability. I've already chatted with a friend who put a network snooping tool on his cable modem-based Internet connection; he said it was interesting to see what the preacher down the street was downloading in the wee hours." -- John C. Dvorak of PC Magazine
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My Questions:- can anyone tell me of such a "network snooping tool" .
Secondly : the author says "Their computers are of course configured to examine these packets, determine that they are not intended for their node on the network, and discard them."how is this done, I have a cable modem too. How does my node know about the unintented packets ?
AND Finally : The author says "It is a simple matter, however, to change this configuration to "capture the traffic" of fellow cable modem customers."
what is this 'simple matter' by which one can "capture the traffic" ?
TIA