[ale] PowerLine Networks

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 18:07 -0400, Scott Castaline wrote:
> I know that in the past this has come up in discussion. I was wondering 
> if anyone has checked these out yet? 
> http://www.shoplinksys.com/Powerline_stcVVcatId543877VVviewcat.htm
> 
> Any opinions? How secure is this technology? Could a neighbor who 
> happens to have an adapter be able to "see" my home network? Is 128bit 
> AES enough encryption now a days?

	I can't attest to the power line devices but I can tell you that, yes,
AES is still more than enough encryption today and the Advanced
Encryption Standard is still the gold standard and the US government
isn't looking to replace it any time soon.

	Mike
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