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DISCLOSED ARE A METHOD AND BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SUCH AS A CABLE MODEM (202) , ROUTER, BRIDGE, OR OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICE ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE VIA A NETWROK AND HAVING A FIREWALL (124), FOR IDENTIFYING THOSE PACKETS ASSOCIATED WITH INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITY. THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDES AT LEATS ONE USER DISCERNABLE INDICATOR (126) ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIREWALL. THE AT LEAST ONE USER DISCERNABLE INDICATOR CONTEMPORANEOUSLY INDICATES THAT A NUMBER OF PACKETS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITY HAS EXCEEDED A THRESHOLD LEVEL.
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