2 Nov
2013
2 Nov
'13
6:51 a.m.
In message <5274A77A.8090403@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>, Masataka Ohta writes:
Mark Andrews wrote:
Who can see the packets sent from the local ISP to the CPE directly connected to the ISP?
The dhcpd traffic coming in over the cable modem and you want to send secrets in the clear over a channel like this.
Over the cable modem?
Yes.
The cable modem is the CPE, which accept the DHCP packet to it.
A cable modem both accepts DHCP packets (for management of the modem) and passes DHCP packets through to the customer device.
Masataka Ohta
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