I'm just imagining some arrogant black hat IT guy thinking "haha they don't know what we did" and then hearing from a supervisor "there's buzz going around about PXD, or PXE, or something like that, do you know what they mean--" and then the IT guy immediately panics
Yes, exactly, which is why they chose to pass data unencrypted. Encryption typically fills each frame, and if they assumed they were in the clear, they might have opted for better bandwidth.
I'm just imagining some arrogant black hat IT guy thinking "haha they don't know what we did" and then hearing from a supervisor "there's buzz going around about PXD, or PXE, or something like that, do you know what they mean--" and then the IT guy immediately panics
Yes, exactly, which is why they chose to pass data unencrypted. Encryption typically fills each frame, and if they assumed they were in the clear, they might have opted for better bandwidth.