On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:46:08 -0500 David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu 19 Oct 2017 at 18:07:20 (+0200), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 11:07:01AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:05:23 +0100 > > > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed 18 Oct 2017 at 21:30:48 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Yes, what I'm probably going to do is use the printer's ethernet > > > connection along with a Powerline adapter into a nearby power outlet. > > > > And how secure are the powerline adapters? Most probably they're > > broadcasting their stuff over your and your neighbour's AC net on > > top of some unspecified proprietary modulation. Just sayin'... > > AIUI 128-bit AES on non-ancient ones. For your neighbour to eavesdrop, > they need to press their device's authenticate button when you press > yours. You can probably minimise the chances of the authentication See this thread: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/9725/are-powerline-ethernet-adapters-inherently-secure and this post in particular: https://security.stackexchange.com/a/76266 Celejar