1 Nov
2013
1 Nov
'13
10:13 p.m.
we cannot assume that the connection between isp and cpe is a single entity. a typical example will be the guy who run the dslam and the guy who run the bras belong to two different companies in market which mandate open access. Alex Rubenstein <alex@corp.nac.net> wrote:
Not necessarily. When the CPE is configured through DHCP (or PPP?), the ISP can send the secret.
Which can be seen, in many cases, by other parties
Who can see the packets sent from the local ISP to the CPE directly connected to the ISP?
The NSA, FBI, CIA, DHS. Or, the ISP, the ISP's employees, contractors, sub-contractors. Or the phone company handling the PPPOE, L2TP, or whatever else. Or the WiFi sniffer on the street outside.