I know a few folks who work for them.
I still use the NetworkICE (BlackICE) software to sit in the background to
protect me from inside Cox peeking around ....hehehehhehehe
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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."
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Robbins [mailto:intense99dak@cox.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:30 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Re: Home.Com Caper
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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