[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux on AT&T cable

[Minh Duong]

Is anybody out there connecting with AT&T cable?  I
want to create a home network with a linux
firewall/router but I'm not sure if AT&T requires
special protocols like NetBios in order to make the
connection work.  I know that for a while @Home
requied NetBios to keep track of the users because
they didn't want to employ other means.  Since AT&T
absorbed @Home users last year, they may be still
using that technique.

Personally I always believed this was thoughtless. 
Since cable is already somewhat insecure, using
NetBios as an ID tag is like keeping all your doors to
your house unlocked so that people looking for you can
walk in and inspect it to identify you personally
rather than looking at your street address.  But
that's just my opinion.

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