[ale] OT: What the hell is XSS in Comcast land?

[Derek Atkins]

Chris Ricker <chris.ricker at gmail.com> writes:

> Think of your EMTA as having two devices inside it, a cable modem and
> an MTA glued together. They operate independently and exist in
> separate network spaces. The cable modem "side" functions as the
> gateway for your wireless / wired home IP network (or serves as the
> bridging layer, if you're operating in bridged mode) attached to the
> cable modem "side". The MTA handles only the VOIP traffic from the
> phones attached to the MTA "side" and operates over a separate network
> riding on top of the same physical layer out of your house and back to
> the provider

I think a more correct simplification would be that the box has TWO
cablemodems in it; one is connected to your network, the second is
connected to the MTA.

> (partially inaccurate oversimplification but it gives you the idea)

-derek
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