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Title: Bluetooth No Longer Secure
Post by: speculatrix on June 08, 2005, 04:18:28 pm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/08/bl...th_mobo_attack/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/08/bluetooth_mobo_attack/)

basically, if there's an active bluetooth connection, you'd trigger a re-pairing key exchange and snoop the key exchange, and can crack the key very quickly.

sigh. so, basically, it's now 802.11 with WPA or nothing... not that I think any of my neighbours have got the know-how to sniff and break into my bluetooth link...

well, I never resolved my bluetooth problems, so I've got to get the wpa_supplicant working now :-/

Title: Bluetooth No Longer Secure
Post by: azalin on June 09, 2005, 10:33:00 am

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/08/bl...th_mobo_attack/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/08/bluetooth_mobo_attack/)

basically, if there's an active bluetooth connection, you'd trigger a re-pairing key exchange and snoop the key exchange, and can crack the key very quickly.

sigh. so, basically, it's now 802.11 with WPA or nothing... not that I think any of my neighbours have got the know-how to sniff and break into my bluetooth link...

well, I never resolved my bluetooth problems, so I've got to get the wpa_supplicant working now :-/
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Found the entire article at:
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Title: Bluetooth No Longer Secure
Post by: bluedevils on June 09, 2005, 10:50:17 am

I never considered bluetooth secure to begin with.  I never consider it for permanent connections.  I only turn it on for quick file transfers or for the headset of my phone.  I also presume that anyone can listen in when I'm on the phone anyways.

Title: Bluetooth No Longer Secure
Post by: tumnus on June 11, 2005, 07:17:24 pm

Not that IR connections are at all secure, but considering the very short range of IR and class 3 BT devices (most phones and CF cards), someone would have to be practically on top of you to even start snooping.

Title: Bluetooth No Longer Secure
Post by: Rev.Tigger on June 22, 2005, 05:42:39 am

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Not that IR connections are at all secure, but considering the very short range of IR and class 3 BT devices (most phones and CF cards), someone would have to be practically on top of you to even start snooping.
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Not any more :/ ,   have you seen the bluetooth sniper rifle?  

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