Very OT - The Third Man [was Re: [Gllug] UK hit by major ADSL outage]

[Pete Ryland]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 04:23:59PM +0000, Alain Williams wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:07:55PM +0000, Pete Ryland wrote:
> > Actually, from what I gather, ADSL will adjust its frequencies on the
> > fly based on whereever gets the best S/N ratio.  So adding in
> > interference or changing the impedance won't affect the line.  A very
> > high impedance tap in parallel with the line won't change the overall
> > impedance anyway.
> > 
> > However, since we're talking about a PPP encaps, it's all encrypted,
> > using three-way handshake so it is immune even to person-in-the-middle
> > attacks.
> Who is the 3rd man ? (Graham Greene fans please keep quiet)

Good movie that.  When I saw it, though, I actually was expecting it'd have
something to do with cricket, but alas.

Pete

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