[geeks] Zyxel PLA4201 v2

Mouse mouse at Rodents-Montreal.ORG
Wed Mar 18 17:16:15 CDT 2020


>> [...] Zyxel "PLA4201 v2" powerline Ethernet bridges.  [...]
> As I understand it, you just treat it like a piece of Cat5 cable, if
> Security is an issue, you certainly must have other methods to
> encrypt traffic flowing over it.

At their most basic, that's my understanding too.  But these are
supposedly capable of encrypting the traffic.  The rendezvous mechanism
is simple enough to be mass-market usable, but insecure enough to make
me uncomfortable without some way to see what other bridges it's
associated with.

Hence my questions about the admin protocol and firmware.

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