From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: BlueZ users <bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] devices always connect with out asking for PIN even with pairing enabled!
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:56:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1189457819.687.89.camel@violet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8c7950360709101256u4a62893dmcd4b342343088a73@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Shane,
> I was not trying to do wild guessing with the hci.conf, I have read
> the readme's and MAN files on the hcid.conf. What I'm trying to
> better understand is performing secure bluetooth however can't find
> documentation on what type of security is available during the initial
> paring process. It seem to me that at the hci level is the correct
> place to provide security.
>
> At a minimum I want to provide a unique PIN so that only devices with
> that PIN can pair to my unit but I also don't want someone using
> hcidump to sit by two of my units that are pairing and get the PIN.
>
> Ideally it would be great to have something similar to ssh were I
> could only allow a certain encrypted key to pair to my device. Then I
> could distribute that private encrypted key to all devices that I want
> to give connection privilege. That is what I originally thought the
> Auth/Encryption option was for in the hcid.conf but after reading the
> MAN page I don't believe that is the case.
they have been removed from upstream anyway, because they lead to the
wrong assumptions.
And again, check the manual page for pand or check pand --help for
further information. It will give you all needed information.
Regards
Marcel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-10 20:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-06 20:06 [Bluez-users] devices always connect with out asking for PIN even with pairing enabled! shanevolpe
2007-09-10 19:10 ` Marcel Holtmann
2007-09-10 19:56 ` shanevolpe
2007-09-10 20:56 ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2007-09-11 12:12 ` shanevolpe
2007-09-11 15:15 ` Marcel Holtmann
2007-09-11 16:00 ` Marcus C. Gottwald
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