From Slashdot: Comcast goes after NAT users

[Duane Attaway]

I have a question.  How can they technically do this?  Could this be scare
tactics or can they really "see" other computers behind a firewall?  Is
there clues in the headers that give it away?  Would they have to sniff
port 80 and see the odd things like different browser versions at the same
time (Linux Mozilla AND MSIE at the same time?)  Maybe I haven't paid much
attention to tcpdump, but I haven't seen any clues that any of those
packets from my cablemodem are going to make a few additional hops.

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, jim wrote:

> Any Comcast employees want to comment on this folderol.  I only have one
> computer, but it's connected to the 'net via a Linksys firewall/router
> because Comcast won't do squat about security.  They going to come after me
> next?  I'm checking out DSL tomorrow.