Thread: Do ntl encrypt DOCSIS cable modem traffic?
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Old 28-03-2004, 03:01   #5
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Re: Do ntl encrypt DOCSIS cable modem traffic?
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Originally Posted by Macready
surely the implications there are for the uploading as well, i.e. any online purchases you may make or passwords to such sites you enter would be passed and accessible ?

Thats the type of implication I was considering after reading that, never minding the "downloading" issue. If they are able to access the network traffic like that in a "raw" state.
But if the data is going over a secure pipe to a secure server then it is not in its raw state, an encrypted link between your pC and the server is in place protecting passwords and credit card details. Same applies to a VPN tunnel.

Its plain ol FTP and HTTP that others could sniff
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