Verisign s role in security plays out in three ways, Davoust explains. Finally, software will be updated securely using digital certificates that verify updates come from a legitimate source. Attacks on cable modems are increasingly proportional to the availability of cable modems, Beck says. As cable modems proliferate, the hackers have found rich fields to plow. Location isn t key in hacking, Beck says, adding it can come from almost anywhere, from the neighborhood to another country.
Cable introduces a new set of vulnerabilities.
But when working with security, nothing is ever guaranteed, Davoust sayss, adding it s only a matter of prevention that can come down to cost versus risk. The National Cable Television Center and Museum is preparing for a soft opening late this year and a doubling of staff to bring it fully operational in 2002. Ongoing construction includes dry-walling, painting and woodworking. One of the biggest remaining components is a terrazo map of the world going into the Center s Great Hall. The current schedule is to move in staff in August, open to the public for special events in winter 2001 and then host a grand opening for the industry in early 2002.