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RE: [Full-Disclosure] Comcast using IPS to protect the Internet from their home user clients?

From: Cushing, David <David.Cushing@hitachisoftware.com>
Date: Tue Mar 09 2004 - 13:18:25 EST

> > Anyhow, I noticed that certain vulnerability scans, for
> example scans
> > using Nikto and similar tools, when run from a Comcast
> address show a
> > different behavior than when they are run from a clear, uncontrolled
> > Internet connection (i.e. corporate T-3). In fact, it appears like
> > Comcast has an Inline-IDS (some call it an IPS ;) sitting
> on its wires,
> > filtering out certain signatures and blocking subsequent
> access for a
> > short period of time. For example, scan progresses, then hangs
> > inexplicably, then resumes, trips a sig, and hangs again.

Adelphia (cable modem) has also been fishy lately. Something new in the past couple of months.

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