Re: Home.Com Caper

From: Chuck Robbins (intense99dak@cox.net)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2002 - 10:30:26 EST


That's good to know. Between Cox.net's firewall(s) and my router firewall I
am hopefully all set. At least for a short time :-)

I didn't find any reading on Cox's firewalls/security. You wouldn't happen
to have any links would you?

Chuck Robbins
'99 Dakota Sport
intense99dak@cox.net
www.intense99dak.com

"Stlaurent Mr Steven" <STLAURENTS@MCTSSA.USMC.MIL> wrote in message
news:5F7587961057D211ABE9004095102F78031C25D0@ex.mctssa.usmc.mil...
> Last night, I finally managed to switch from the old hacker hang out spot
> HOME.COM to the all new Cox.Net. Home.Com filed for Bankrupcy last year
and
> Cox Cable bought out the portion of those subscribers who received not
only
> the cable TV, cable telephone, but also receive cable Internet via a fiber
> OC-3 pipe.
>
> Looking at the old security problems that seriously plague the Home.Com
> network, Cox.Net is almost hacker proof. Running some known hacker
security
> software, which lurks around for holes in anyone system, found that the
> firewall is comparable to the Marine Corps network with exception of the
> base's proxy problems we encountered on the daily basis.
>
> Anyway, to cut it short, for those who required the additional firewall
> protection, intrusionary software, and other such security protection
> oddities, may know that Cox.Net is not like the old Home.Com.
>
> Finally!!! Someone knows how to run a real nation wide network with OC-3
> level throughput.
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------
> Steven St.Laurent
> C2 IOW/IOS Engineer
> C4i Engineering Branch, PSD, MCTSSA
> MARCORSYSCOM, U.S. Marine Corps
> Office (760) 725-2506 (DSN Prefix: 365)
> "Never be content with somebody else definition
> of you. Instead, define yourself by your own beliefs,
> your own truths, your own understanding of who
> you are. Never be content until you are happy with
> the unique person GOD has created you to be."
>
>



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