[olug] nmap paranoia

[adunlop]

That should be configurable for most modems, especially if you're  
talking about a DSL connection or you have a nicer cable modem.  That  
gets into the differences between a modem, bridging, transparent  
bridges, half-bridges, pppoe, etc.

Aaron

On May 20, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Dave Rowe wrote:

> I assumed mine was also quite public (Cox), though, Luke may be  
> quibling
> about the 'modem' having the public IP, versus the next in line
> component (router or PC) having the true public IP...
>
> DYNATRON tech wrote:
>> i have DSL and my external address is quite public.
>>
>> may be different with cox.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday 19 May 2009 03:33:05 pm Kevin wrote:
>>>> My cable modem, which is in face, a coaxial <--> ethernet bridge  
>>>> has
>>>> an IP address of 192.168.100.1.
>>> Technically, it's an ARP+DHCP proxy. The 192.168.100.1 IP is only  
>>> on the
>>> LAN
>>> side, not the WAN side.
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