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I agree. No matter what they do or claim to do, I'll never rely on them totally for security. Glitches happen - even to the best of companies. I will use a router/firewall like the Linksys BEFSX41 (or a more expensive one if the increased security justifies the costs) no matter which high-speed...

I just talked to the local cable company's internet tech support and they said they did not offer either of these. :( They suggested that I get a good software or hardware firewall. When I mentioned the lack of security on the local network and packetsniffers, they seemed confused and reiterated...

Thanks for the tips, nitro. I was originally looking at the Linksys BEFSR11 or the Linksys BEFSX41. The BEFSR11 is a very popular router and "the built-in NAT technology acts as a firewall protecting your internal network." However, the BEFSX41 is only about $10 more expensive and "features...

Yeah, that's one of the things I'm talking about. I've heard that your local neighborhood is basically a little network and one of the neighborhood kids can more easily hack your machine and/or sniff the data since they are internal to the network. Is this the primary security difference...

I'm not as worried about terrorists as I am about trojans sending sensitive information out, crackers sniffing around, or scriptkiddies with packetsniffers capturing passwords and acct. numbers.

Thank you to everyone who responded.

Is cable net access really less secure than DSL? I've read a few of the pertinent threads on ET and it seems a lot of people like cable (many because it's faster or more reliable in their area). Where I live, cable is actually less expensive than DSL for the same speed, but I'm really...