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Re: SP's & network security issues

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian Kuhtz)
Thu Aug 9 09:52:25 2001

Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:49:37 -0400
From: Christian Kuhtz <ck@arch.bellsouth.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.1010809092449.1785U-100000@sunny.netside.net>; from Mitch Halmu on Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 09:42:47AM -0400
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On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 09:42:47AM -0400, Mitch Halmu wrote:
> > This obviously doesn't just apply to DSL, it applies to Cable and whatever
> > other broadband networks are out there or will evolve...
> 
> Besides the size of the pipe, why should this be any different than
> regular dial-up?

because it's "always on", which causes a bunch of these issues to escalate.

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