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

Dow Hurst dhurst at kennesaw.edu
Tue Dec 2 15:22:23 EST 2003


All the signal ought to stop at the transformer.
Dow


Jonathan Rickman wrote:

>On Tuesday 02 December 2003 12:41, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
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>>Anyone know anything about the security implications of powerline
>>ethernet? Can my neighbors sniff my traffic?
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>Technically yes. Practically no. Many of the latest devices include built 
>in HW encryption. Some of the high end devices (read: expensive) have 
>authentication as well. I'll go out on a limb and say it's better than 
>wireless.
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