RE: Re: Security of mains ethernet adapters?

["Richard" <rich_lists@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, I cant even get mine to work between circuits from the same box
reliably.



There is that token effort of encryption that they offer but I don't think
its had enough interest to reveal its weaknesses rather then it actually
providing any security.





From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
domdevitto
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:52 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Security of mains ethernet adapters?



http://blogs.sun.com/chrisg/entry/ethernet_over_mains

implies that hopping through the fusebox, to the meter, back up to
another fusebox causes a big reduction in signaling rate (from 85 mbps
to 13 mbps) - but does work.

He is also a bit worried about security - though he thinks that the
degradation from fusebox-fusebox within his own twin-fusebox house
probably means that data won't leak between two separate properties.

This would be a *very* interesting community 'mesh' network though!

Dom
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
, Vargster
<vargster@...> wrote:
>
> I'm thinking about getting a pair of these 'ethernet over the main
wiring'
> adapters to push the house lan out to corner of the house I can't
get cat5
> to (I know, I know) and the wireless seems to have a dead spot there
too.
>
> My only problem (apart from the cost of the things) is the lingering
doubt
> over security, I've had a google and various pages talk about
hacking into
> them, and some mention that it has to be on the same ring main etc,
that
> data can't travel across the meter etc.
>
> I just wondered if anyone had any experience/thoughts/knowledge on the
> subject?
>
> Lee
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]