Vulnerability Development: Re: DOCSIS vulnerability

[Adam Wheeler <adamwheeler () stny rr com>]

In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0203120939090.9902-200000 () mail securityfocus com>

Thanks for the informative post.  My company relies heavily on our broadband cable access, and as Technical Director I 
am responsible for maintaining a secure and reliable network for our employees.  

Information like this helps us by giving us a little more leverage with our service provider.  Instead of "Hi, this is 
'blah blah' my cable modem seems slow today" and the resulting "We'll send a technician out tomorrow", I can say "Hi, 
this is 'blah blah'. I just noticed a sudden network slowdown and it looks to me like somebody on my subnet might be 
hacking their cable modem.  Could I speak to a network administrator?"

Information like this can help reduce network downtime from the typical day or two expected from a cable company to an 
hour or so and save thousands of dollars in lost profits and wasted time.

Adam Wheeler
Deluxe Business Machines