by Adam » Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:37 pm
To be honest, I think getting configs (especially paying for them!) might be a waste of time, at least at this stage, why do I say that? Well given it is so early on in the transition period who knows what will change and how? Unless those people selling them are happy to do lots of updates and corrections for free?
Current information to date is that only Tas Networks/Aurora/Hydro, Parks & Wildlife and
maybe one or two others will be in the 'clear', however, you can guarantee that they will try and talk even those that don't need encryption into getting it, after all, it means more dollars in the contractors pocket! But, really until everyone actually transitions over, we won't know for sure who will actually end up on it, and if they are in the clear or not, except for those already mentioned who we know for sure will be secure.
So that doesn't leave too many in the clear, at least at this stage, so my advice would be, by all means, to keep monitoring it, but to hold off doing anything else (including buying a new scanner) until everything is completed and everyone who is going to use it transitions over, then reassess the situation and go from there, and if those that are left in the clear are services you want to listen to, then start sourcing the information you need to hear them or look for a config file, which by then should be readily available, have most of the bugs ironed out, be fairly current and working properly.
This network is going to be around for a while, I think waiting a bit and seeing what happens (while actively monitoring it), who actually ends up using it, and who stays in the clear might be a good idea, once this is known I'm certain there will be some config files floating around, free of charge one would hope, that will allow those who want to listen do so.
In fact, I'd be more than happy to obtain (or build) and host such a config file here on the forum when the time comes, that won't be any problems at all.
To be honest, I think getting configs (especially paying for them!) might be a waste of time, at least at this stage, why do I say that? Well given it is so early on in the transition period who knows what will change and how? Unless those people selling them are happy to do lots of updates and corrections for free?
Current information to date is that only Tas Networks/Aurora/Hydro, Parks & Wildlife and [u]maybe[/u] one or two others will be in the 'clear', however, you can guarantee that they will try and talk even those that don't need encryption into getting it, after all, it means more dollars in the contractors pocket! But, really until everyone actually transitions over, we won't know for sure who will actually end up on it, and if they are in the clear or not, except for those already mentioned who we know for sure will be secure.
So that doesn't leave too many in the clear, at least at this stage, so my advice would be, by all means, to keep monitoring it, but to hold off doing anything else (including buying a new scanner) until everything is completed and everyone who is going to use it transitions over, then reassess the situation and go from there, and if those that are left in the clear are services you want to listen to, then start sourcing the information you need to hear them or look for a config file, which by then should be readily available, have most of the bugs ironed out, be fairly current and working properly.
This network is going to be around for a while, I think waiting a bit and seeing what happens (while actively monitoring it), who actually ends up using it, and who stays in the clear might be a good idea, once this is known I'm certain there will be some config files floating around, free of charge one would hope, that will allow those who want to listen do so.
In fact, I'd be more than happy to obtain (or build) and host such a config file here on the forum when the time comes, that won't be any problems at all.
(tu)