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Just which gadget are you recruiting?

June 8th, 2006 at 13:24 UTC by Ross Anderson

I’ve been helping upgrade the security of Homeplug, an industry standard for broadband communication over the power mains. Here is a paper on what we did and why. The core problem is this: how can you be sure you’re recruiting the right device to your network, rather than a similar one nearby?

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