Power Over Ethernet - 12/03/03 02:25 PM
they used to say that if you wanted your computer to be safe you should turn it off. well, thats not true anymore. now you can turn things on over the inernet.
I'm not sure how new this is to everyone. It was new to me since I've been gone from computers for a year or so. Today I ws going through the BIOS on my new laptop and I saw a setting that made me look twice. It was about allowing my comp to be turned on remotly through an ethernet connection. Now again, I'm not sure if this is new to you guys, but to me it was a little shocking. Luckly the default BIOS setup had it disabled. Right now 802.11af is being finalized and could be passed, if not already, very shortly. It would allow devices to get power from a cat5 cable so companies would not have to run AC cables to their APs. Now, we all know how secure wireless it, rite?
I don't know, maybe it's just me (a paranoid caffeine addict), but the idea of somebody being able to turn on my laptop while I'm sleeping is a little freaky. There's a lot of info on this site if you want to read up on it a little more.
http://poweroverethernet.com/
I'm not sure how new this is to everyone. It was new to me since I've been gone from computers for a year or so. Today I ws going through the BIOS on my new laptop and I saw a setting that made me look twice. It was about allowing my comp to be turned on remotly through an ethernet connection. Now again, I'm not sure if this is new to you guys, but to me it was a little shocking. Luckly the default BIOS setup had it disabled. Right now 802.11af is being finalized and could be passed, if not already, very shortly. It would allow devices to get power from a cat5 cable so companies would not have to run AC cables to their APs. Now, we all know how secure wireless it, rite?
I don't know, maybe it's just me (a paranoid caffeine addict), but the idea of somebody being able to turn on my laptop while I'm sleeping is a little freaky. There's a lot of info on this site if you want to read up on it a little more.
http://poweroverethernet.com/