Re: [Bluez-users] Can you spoof/forge Bluetooth Devices/Address?

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Xavier,

> > Does anyone know if you are able to spoof or forge a Bluetooth Device
> > Address? I am wanting to pick up Bluetooth comms at one point and
> > forward it on to another device but I am wanting the repeating
> > devices to act like the original sending devices. Eg. If I have a
> > phone that wants to communicate with my PC, I can have 2 repeaters,
> > one spoofed as the PC and one as the phone.
> >
> > phone <-BT-> Repeater(spoof PC) <-Not BT-> Repeater(spoof phone)
> > <-BT-> PC
> 
> As far as i know you can change the BD Address of a CSR BT chip by using CSR
> vendor specific commands. At least, you can use an application they've made
> to achieve this.

you can change the BD_ADDR of almost every Bluetooth dongle, but as
Michael correctly pointed out, you must reset the dongle after it. So
changing the address on the fly is not possible.

Regards

Marcel




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