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Originally Posted by SMHarman
Also people trying to access your CM (if you are say - being hacked).
Nothing to worry about, but the reason you have a firewall application or hardware firewall in place.
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Originally Posted by Ignition
No-one is trying to access the cable modem and it's a tad pointless having a firewall in place when it'd be in front of the firewall.
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scans from people trying to get at your PC (obviously not an issue if it's switched off) and broadcast traffic on local cable segment, nothing to worry about.
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Huh? Poorly worded on my part, people trying to access what is behind your cable modem (hackers), the reason you have a firewall between the CM and the PC.
Are we not saying the same thing?