FW: FW: Cable Modem IP and MAC Address -- are they "sensitive"?

["Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>]

One response from a Security expert

Thanks,
Bert 

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Rescorla [mailto:ekr@rtfm.com]
Sent: maandag 28 oktober 2002 16:19
To: Wijnen, Bert (Bert)
Cc: Uri Blumenthal (E-mail); Steve Bellovin (E-mail); Jeff Schiller
(E-mail)
Subject: Re: FW: Cable Modem IP and MAC Address -- are they "sensitive"?



I would think the answer is yes. Certainly, you wouldn't want
people remotely setting them, and even being able to read
does reveal topological information that people might want
hidden. It also reveals host hardware type.

-Ekr