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Originally Posted by Ron Jeremy
Maybe you did not fully read the article I linked to in my original post?
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My appologies, I hadn't read it - but have now. That is very interesting. It is something I thought about some time back when I heard of people hacking the surfboard firmware - I thought this might be a possibility. But when I reseached it and found DOCSIS does support encryption I assumed that would prevent any eavesdropping.
It is incredible that ISPs would not implement security features built into the hardware - but the lack of a straight answer from the US ISPs mentioned in that article does lead one to wonder.
My guess is few people would know the answer to this question, and ntl are unlikely to admit if they don't.
Any volunteers to try flahing their sufrboard to find out? (This is a joke - not encouraging anyone to do anything naughty)
EDIT : Just read Robins reply above - So why on earth don't ISP's use encryption? Although it may be only now that an exploit has become available - it has always been a theoretical risk surely?