[ale] [OT] mini-whimper about data runs & conduit

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Tuesday 02 December 2003 10:51 am, tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> Don't mind me here - I'm just whimpering. But - my house is older
> construction with a slab addition. Right now I've got cable loosely strung
> along walls and up the stairs. It works, but it ain't pretty by a long
> shot. It would be so nice to have the network runs nicely concealed in the
> walls, ceilings, etc, with enough space to pull new stuff or replace
> screwed up stuff at need. (I distrust wireless & outside the building wire
> runs, both lack security)

Powerline ethernet does this very nicely.  I got my sister to try it and it 
all worked first time--pretty slick.

Anyone know anything about the security implications of powerline ethernet?  
Can my neighbors sniff my traffic?

Michael