-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <3.0.3.32.19971007190121.030e8c68@popd.netcruiser>, on 10/07/97 at 07, Jonathan Wienke <JonWienk@ix.netcom.com> said:
I heard on the ABC hourly news that some genius had figured out a way to use electrical power lines for data transmission, so that the power grid could be integrated into the Internet. Does anyone have any details / pointers?
This is nothing new. I think it was GE that several years ago created phone extensions that you plugged into your power outlets, no need to run wire to put in an extra outlet. I believe that X-10 uses this same principle for computer control of household appliances. Not to mention data leakage through power lines is an issue long reconized by the TEMPEST crowd. The trick here seems to be in routing the data. How do you get data on the power grid routed to the location that you want it to go?? - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBNDspgY9Co1n+aLhhAQHHHwP8D37wNFBs+XpF0ojB38/Dv/EUAu9XpDew E5dvXiq0RtYmauGMZgsZtba+84RJxb0oQy6h3UHUeEjEJqLsG8x4ay5foIypjbwv Bd8koxhfTLdfxXKBwATSAlck8kg5hvNWPFpCrfsMCGskC4fQ07OLfxNtaafKEY0t BxLSzM/ntK0= =ugsr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----