Re: [mh] relinking devices after PLM change?

On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 01:44:55PM -0500, Spencer Ryan wrote:
> You'd need custom hardware to do it. The insteon chipsets in the PLM mask
> (2?) bytes of the Insteon ID when in monitor mode and the device isn't in
> the ALDB. But yes, nobody ever said the protocol is secure and shouldn't be

Oh, that's good to know.

> treated as such. Just like you could brute force the possible combinations
> if you really wanted to.
 
Sure. That's 16,777,216 commands to send, so it takes a bit longer, but
as you said, it can be done.

> So it's not "secure" but it's quite a bit more secure than it used to be.

Ok. Then I might be missing something. Make makes I2CS more secure? Just
the fact that you have to send a link command before you can send a
command afterwards, or something else I'm missing?

Thanks,
Marc
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