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BPL question
How much privacy are the BPL folk promising? I have to figure there's some
level of encryption, but I'm curious about the level. If a power grid is used for a network, than the common signals will be available at any power outlet in a whole area, even for non-subscribers. Looks like a high tech party line to me. Frank Dresser |
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How are phone conversations kept apart on a telephone line ? It seems to me
that you would have to have some kind of interface card to connect to the service providing the internet connection, otherwise it would be free for everyone, whether they paid or not. That interface card would have to discriminate in some way from subscribers and non- subscribers. FWIW mm |
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Behold, Warpcore signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:
How are phone conversations kept apart on a telephone line ? All non-dsl products have to have a filter placed inline. It's just a wee device that a dollar will get you 1/2 dozen, but most ISP give them away. It seems to me that you would have to have some kind of interface card to connect to the service providing the internet connection, otherwise it would be free for everyone, whether they paid or not. That interface card would have to discriminate in some way from subscribers and non- subscribers. FWIW mm TCP/IP routing. Plain and simple, is my guess. -- Gregg *It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd* http://geek.scorpiorising.ca |
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Behold, Frank Dresser signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:
How much privacy are the BPL folk promising? I have to figure there's some level of encryption, but I'm curious about the level. If MD5 can be cracked, forget 100% security via BPL. There is nothing - absolutely nothing that can't be cracked. -- Gregg *It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd* http://geek.scorpiorising.ca |
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Frank Dresser wrote:
How much privacy are the BPL folk promising? I have to figure there's some level of encryption, but I'm curious about the level. If a power grid is used for a network, than the common signals will be available at any power outlet in a whole area, even for non-subscribers. Looks like a high tech party line to me. Note that this is not a unique attribute, it is about the same situation as that which exists for broadband Internet service via cable modems. I assume that BPL would use the same protection techniques (mostly depending on control of the receiving equipment, I think). This seems to mostly work, I very seldom hear complaints about the security of people's cable connections. Dennis Ferguson |
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"Gregg" wrote in message . .. Behold, Frank Dresser signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament: How much privacy are the BPL folk promising? I have to figure there's some level of encryption, but I'm curious about the level. If MD5 can be cracked, forget 100% security via BPL. There is nothing - absolutely nothing that can't be cracked. -- Gregg *It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd* http://geek.scorpiorising.ca Beside the obvious privacy issue, I've been wondering if BPL will be another security burden on the whole internet. It looks like it might be a code cracker's playground, what with the network going all around, to the every outlet in an area, to both subscribers and non subscribers. Could the truely malicious do their damage from a non-subscribing home? I don't know, I don't really know anything about networking. Frank Dresser |
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Gregg wrote:
If MD5 can be cracked, forget 100% security via BPL. There is nothing - absolutely nothing that can't be cracked. Wander over to http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/c...g/numbers.html and factor one of their numbers for money. They'll give you $10k to $200k if you do. It's a very old challenge by now. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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"Dennis Ferguson" wrote in message ... Note that this is not a unique attribute, it is about the same situation as that which exists for broadband Internet service via cable modems. I assume that BPL would use the same protection techniques (mostly depending on control of the receiving equipment, I think). This seems to mostly work, I very seldom hear complaints about the security of people's cable connections. Dennis Ferguson Yeah, I'm almost totally ignorant on this one. I sorta assumed the cable companies set aside some bandwidth for internet access, and trapped it out for non-internet cable subscribers. I suppose such a thing could be done in a BPL community, but I picture power line traps being far more expensive than cable traps, and installing thousands of 100A+ traps would get pretty expensive, not to mention the public relation problems of cutting the power of non subscribers so the traps could be installed. The easy way out is not to trap anything. And considering the BPL folks attitude about radiation, they won't do anything they aren't forced to. And they won't be working out problems in advance, but as they come along. Frank Dresser |
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"Ron Hardin" wrote in message ... Gregg wrote: If MD5 can be cracked, forget 100% security via BPL. There is nothing - absolutely nothing that can't be cracked. Wander over to http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/c...g/numbers.html and factor one of their numbers for money. They'll give you $10k to $200k if you do. It's a very old challenge by now. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. Will BPL be that secure? I haven't noticed any mention. Frank Dresser |
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Frank Dresser wrote:
"Ron Hardin" wrote in message .. Gregg wrote: If MD5 can be cracked, forget 100% security via BPL. There is nothing - absolutely nothing that can't be cracked. Wander over to http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/c...g/numbers.html and factor one of their numbers for money. They'll give you $10k to $200k if you do. It's a very old challenge by now. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. Will BPL be that secure? I haven't noticed any mention. Frank Dresser I have no idea; but public key crypto isn't rare. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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