[32439] in bugtraq
Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Serious flaws in bluetooth security lead to disclosure of personal data
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nicholas Weaver)
Fri Nov 14 16:27:04 2003
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:04:20 -0800
From: Nicholas Weaver <nweaver@CS.berkeley.edu>
To: "Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls@utdallas.edu>
Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com
Message-ID: <20031114120420.A18072@ring.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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In-Reply-To: <15533237421C6E4296CC33A2090B224A54C7D6@UTDEVS02.campus.ad.utdallas.edu>; from pauls@utdallas.edu on Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 12:38:50PM -0600
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 12:38:50PM -0600, Schmehl, Paul L composed:
> Bluetooth is *supposed* to be very short range - 10 meters is supposed
> to be the maximum range. It is *not* 802.11b. It's 802.15.1. See
> bluetooth.org for the details.
And 802.11b is supposed to only be a few hundred meters, but that
hasn't stopped people from accessing across 50 kilometers!
And 16 kilometers with omnidirectional antennas!
http://home.earthlink.net/~wifi-shootout/
Thus although bluetooth's range is supposed to be 10 meters, for
purposes of attack envelope, it should probably be considered 100
meters or more.
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Nicholas C. Weaver nweaver@cs.berkeley.edu
