Clarity, please
dgillett at deepforest.org
dgillett at deepforest.org
Wed Jun 27 15:34:22 EDT 2001
ComCast has apparently taken this approach to their provision of
@home cable service. There was speculation that some other providers
might follow their example, but I haven't heard of any.
David Gillett
On 26 Jun 2001, at 14:58, Stephen Chowning wrote:
> I guess that I was under the assumption that some or most cable companies
> offering broadband internet had a tendency to look out for/block vpn
> encoded packets, ostensibly to force someone using vpn to upgrade to a more
> expensive "business" level service.
>
> Steve
>
> Christopher Gripp wrote:
>
> > There are no problems with using VPNs and cable modems. Not to say you
> > might have to take certain things into account when using the
> > combination. Just that for the most part VPNs work with Cable Modems
> > just like they work with DSL or any other internet connection.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Chowning [mailto:schowning at home.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:48 PM
> > To: VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM
> > Subject: Re: Clarity, please
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > >From reading posts to this
> > newsgroup, this seems problematic via VPN over a cable modem. As I have
> > never
> > set up either vpn or a ssh connection before, my knowledge on these
> > matters is
> > limited.
> >
> > <snip>
>
>
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