From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com ([65.9.87.151]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15vWOO-0006nE-00 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 00:08:48 -0400 Received: from c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com (c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com [65.9.87.151]) by c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com (8.10.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id f9M48qf03752 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 04:08:52 GMT Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 00:08:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Carmickle X-Sender: frankiec@c1422183-a.ross1.pa.home.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: DSL Providors In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: frankiec@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Tommy Moore wrote: > Actually Raul cable isn't less secure because its a fast open medium or > anything, its less secure because for the most part its not switched and > it operates like standard ethernet. > This means that someone on the segment can turn on an ethernet sniffer > such as dsniff and grab url's mail messages and all kinds of stuff just by > putting their network card in to promiscuous mode. See my previous message. This isn't the case in new subscriptions. -- Frank Carmickle phone: 412 761-9568 email: frankiec@dryrose.com