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Cable modem hackers conquer the co-ax
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-02-05

A small and diverse band of hobbyists steeped in the obscure languages of embedded systems has released its own custom firmware for a popular brand of cable modem, along with a technique for loading it -- a development that's already made life easier for uncappers and service squatters, and threatens to topple long-held assumptions about the privacy of cable modem communications.

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"Impossible dream"...? 2004-02-07
Anonymous
It depends on the operator. I know of at least a few operators in North America (who I will not name) who still use DOCSIS 1.0, and haven't upgraded to DOCSIS 1.1 yet. There's a lot of DOCSIS 1.0 only modems (although they seem to be supplanted by DOCSIS 1.1 modems running in 1.0 mode).

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